trailer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. Someone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
2. Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
3. An unpowered wheeled vehicle (not a caravan or camper) that is towed behind another, and used to carry equipment, etc, that cannot be carried in the leading vehicle.
4. A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary; a caravan; a camper.
5. A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
6. A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
7. A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
8. The final record of a list of data items, often identified by a key field with an otherwise invalid value that sorts last alphabetically (e.g., “ZZZZZ”) or numerically (“99999”); especially common in the context of punched cards, where the final card is called a trailer card.
9. The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.

Verb

To load on a trailer or to transport by trailer.

Konsepte

trailer

caravan

camper

house trailer

climber

creeper

vine

preview

prevue

dawdler

drone

laggard

lagger

poke

mobile home

drawbar trailer

truck tractor

clematis

rambler

hind-carriage

announcement

notice

contract

hauler

puller

toter

two-wheeler

camper trailer

trailer camp

nailgun

trail

motorcaravan

recreational vehicle

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/

Etimologie (Engels)

From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown after the main feature, rather than before as is usual today.