load1/lod; ləʊd/n [C]1 a large quantity of something that a vehicle, person etc is carrying〔交通工具﹑人等的〕负载物: +of a ship with a full load of fuel 一艘载满燃料的船bus load/car load (=the amount that a bus or car can carry) 满满一巴士/一车 a bus load of tourists 满满一巴士游客2 a load of sth/loads of sth BrE informal a lot of something【英, 非正式】大量[许多]某物: Don’t worry, we have loads of time. 别担心﹐我们有的是时间。loads to do/see/eat etc There's loads to do in Tokyo. 在东京可做的事太多了。3 the amount of work that a person or a machine has to do〔人或机器的〕工作量﹐负荷: a heavy work load (=large amount of work) 繁重的工作量4 a load of rubbish/nonsense BrE spoken used to say that you think something is very stupid or bad【英, 口】废话连篇﹐一派胡言
load2v 1 also 又作 load up [I,T] to put a large quantity of something into a vehicle or container [ unload ] 把大量…装进〔运输工具或容器〕: Have you finished loading the dishwasher? 你把碗碟都放进洗碗机了吗?load sth into/onto sth They loaded their baggage into the car. 他们把行李装进汽车。2 [T] to put something into a machine in order to use it or make it work 把…装入机器里: load sth with sth Did you load the camera with 400 film? 你给相机装的是 400 胶卷吗?3 [I,T] if you load a program onto a computer, or if it loads, you put it into the computer [→ download] 载入〔电脑程序〕load sb/sth down phr v if you are loaded down with something, you have too much of it to do, carry etc 给…加以过重负担: +with I was loaded down with shopping. 我提着大包小包采购的物品。