car

auto, automobile

Un veicolo a quattro ruote con motore, usato per trasportare poche persone su strada.

In inglese semplice: A vehicle with four wheels and an engine, used to carry a few people on roads.

• Our car is blue.
• She drove her car to work.
• Where did you park the car?

Sinonimi: automobile, auto

Espressioni comuni: drive a car, by car, car park, a new car

vagone, carrozza

Una delle unità di un treno che trasporta persone o merci.

In inglese semplice: One of the separate sections of a train, carrying people or goods.

• We sat in the last car.
• The train has six passenger cars.
• They served breakfast in the dining car.

Sinonimi: carriage, wagon, coach

Espressioni comuni: railroad car, dining car, freight car, sleeping car

cabina

La parte mobile di un ascensore o di una funivia che trasporta persone o merci.

In inglese semplice: The part of a lift or cable transport system that moves while carrying people or goods.

• The elevator car stopped suddenly.
• Six people stepped into the lift car.
• The cable pulled the car up the steep slope.

Sinonimi: cabin

Espressioni comuni: elevator car, lift car, cable car

vagonata, carico di vagone

Una quantità di merci sufficiente a riempire un vagone ferroviario.

In inglese semplice: An amount of goods large enough to fill one railway wagon.

• They ordered a car of coal.
• Three cars of grain arrived yesterday.
• The factory receives twenty cars of gypsum each month.

Come si usa: a car of something (The mine shipped a car of coal.)

Sinonimi: carload, wagonload

Espressioni comuni: a car of coal, a car of grain, a car of timber