trailer

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Anhänger

Wohnwagen

Nachspann

Trailer

Bandende

Vorschau

Zigeunerwagen

Zirkuswagen

die Filmvorschau

Wohnmobil

Caravan

Sattelauflieger

Druckluftnagler

Wohncontainer

Synonyme

caravan

camper

house trailer

vine

prevue

creeper

laggard

mobile home

climber

poke

preview

caravan

lagger

dawdler

drone

hind-carriage

motorcaravan

announcement

nailgun

camper trailer

clematis

contract

hauler

notice

puller

rambler

recreational vehicle

toter

trail

two-wheeler

drawbar trailer

truck tractor

trailer camp

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈtɹeɪlə(ɹ)/

Etymologie (Englisch)

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.