trailer
Someone who or something that trailsSomeone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
» Tom's parents live in an old trailer.
Toms Eltern leben in einem alten Wohnwagen.
Родители Тома живут в старом трейлере.
Батьки Тома живуть у старомі трейлері.
Meaning
9 sensesSomeone who or something that trails (follows behind); something that is trailing.
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind
Part of an object which extends some distance beyond the main body of the object.
the trailer of a plant
Anhängsel, Anhang, Ausleger
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.
At the end of the day, we put the snowmobiles back on the trailer.
Anhänger
прице́пpricép, тре́йлерtrɛ́jler
при́чіпprýčip, приче́пpryčép, тре́йлерtréjler
(US)A furnished vehicle towed behind another, and used as a dwelling when stationary.
We drove our trailer to Yellowstone Park.
Wohnwagen
(US)A prefabricated home that could be towed to a new destination but is typically permanently left in an area designated for such homes.
The young couple′s first home was in a trailer.
Mobilheim, Wohncontainer
(US)A preview of a film, video game or TV show.
The trailer for that movie makes it seem like it would be fun.
Vorschau, Trailer
тре́йлерtrɛ́jler
A short blank segment of film at the end of a reel, for convenient insertion of the film in a projector.
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.
The linked list terminates with a trailer record.
The last part of a packet, often containing a check sequence.
The encapsulation layer adds an eight-byte header and a two-byte trailer to each packet.
Examples
93 sentencesTom's parents live in an old trailer.
Батьки Тома живуть у старомі трейлері.
ruРодители Тома живут в старом трейлере.
deToms Eltern leben in einem alten Wohnwagen.
Tom lives in a trailer park.
He attached the trailer to his car.
deEr hängte den Anhänger an sein Auto.
I used to live in a trailer.
I thought you used to live in a trailer.
Translations
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Origin
From trail + -er. The film sense derives from the fact that previews were formerly shown aFrom 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, that is trailing after the main feature.
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Forms
plural: trailersSynonyms
19 synonyms- a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy:house trailer
- an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future:previewprevue
- someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind:dawdlerdronelaggardlaggerpoke