2016年2月17日 星期三

shitload, a load of, loaded, over-loaded, pre-loaded, massive debt load




'That’s right, in this age of austerity, someone paid about eight times the national average salary for a picture of a load of politicians sitting round a table.'



it's a loaded metaphor.
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Teck Cominco of Canada confirmed that is trying to sell an interest in its coal operations to strategic partners in Brazil, China and Japan, to pay off its massive debt load.



shitload
noun
vulgar slang
  1. a large amount or number.


load (AMOUNT TO DO) 
noun
1 [C] the amount of work to be done by a person:
If we share the organization of the party, that will help spread the load a bit.
I've got a heavy/light teaching load this term.
See also caseloadworkload.

2 [S] a painful, difficult or tiring situation to deal with:
I wish I could do something to lighten your load (= make your situation easier).
load (AMOUNT CARRIED)
noun [C]
1 the amount of weight carried, especially by a vehicle, a structure such as a bridge, or an animal:
The maximum load for this elevator is eight persons.
One truck involved in the accident was carrying a heavy load of coal.

2 SPECIALIZED in an electrical system, an electrical device which takes power, or the electrical power put into the system

-load
suffix
all the people or goods in the stated type of vehicle or container:
a coachload of football fans
Busloads of tourists pour into this place in the summer.
Truckloads of food and medical supplies arrived in the refugee camp.

load
verb [I or T]
to put a lot of things into a vehicle or machine:
How long will it take to load this sand onto the lorry?
Let's load up the car and then we can go.
to load the dishwasher/washing machine
See also overload.
NOTE: The opposite is unload.

(a load ofinformal lot of:she was talking a load of rubbish


loaded



Line breaks: load¦ed
Pronunciation: /ˈləʊdɪd /




Definition of loaded in English:

ADJECTIVE

1Carrying or bearing a load, especially a large one:a heavily loaded freight train
1.1(Of a firearmcharged with ammunition:
a loaded gun

1.2[PREDICATIVE] informal Having a lot of money;wealthy:she doesn’t really have to work—they’re loaded

1.3[PREDICATIVE] informal , chiefly North AmericanDrunk:it’s Friday night, and we want to get loaded

1.4North American informal (Of a carequipped with many optional extrasdeluxe:1989 Ford 250 LXT: low miles, loaded

2Weighted or biased towards a particular outcome:trick like the one with the loaded dice

2.1(Of a wordstatement, or questioncharged with an underlying meaning or implication:avoid politically loaded terms like ‘nation‘Anything else?’ It was a loaded question and Kelly knew it

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