Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - trolley
Trolley
trolley
n. (pl. -eys) 1 esp. Brit. a table, stand, or basket on wheels or castors for serving food, transporting luggage or shopping, gathering purchases in a supermarket, etc. 2 esp. Brit. a low truck running on rails. 3 (in full trolley-wheel) a wheel attached to a pole etc. used for collecting current from an overhead electric wire to drive a vehicle. 4 a US = trolley-car. b Brit. = trolley bus. Phrases and idioms trolley bus Brit. an electric bus running on the road and using a trolley-wheel. trolley-car US an electric tram using a trolley-wheel. Etymology: of dial. orig., perh. f. TROLL(2)
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I. noun also trolly (plural ~s; also trollies) Etymology: probably from 1troll Date: 1823 a cart of any of various kinds, 2. a device that carries electric current from an overhead wire to an electrically driven vehicle, a streetcar powered electrically through a ~, a wheeled carriage running on an overhead rail or track, a cart or wheeled stand used for conveying something (as food or books), II. verb also trolly (~ed; also trollied; ~ing; also trollying) Date: 1882 transitive verb to convey by a ~, intransitive verb to ride on a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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