English Dictionary

load

/loʊd/

noun

A burden; a weight to be carried. / (figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

The heavy load on his back made it difficult for him to walk.

意味（1）

A burden; a weight to be carried.

I struggled up the hill with the heavy load in my rucksack.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A worry or concern to be endured, especially in the phrase a load off one's mind.

Our life's a load.

意味（3）

A certain number of articles or quantity of material that can be transported or processed at one time.

The truck overturned while carrying a full load of oil.

意味（4）

A quantity of washing put into a washing machine for a wash cycle.

I put a load on before we left.

意味（5）

(in combination) Used to form nouns that indicate a large quantity, often corresponding to the capacity of a vehicle

意味（6）

(often in the plural, colloquial) A large number or amount.

I got loads of presents for my birthday!

意味（7）

The volume of work required to be performed.

Will our web servers be able to cope with that load?

意味（8）

(engineering) The force exerted on a structural component such as a beam, girder, cable etc.

Each of the cross-members must withstand a tensile load of 1,000 newtons.

意味（9）

(electrical engineering) The electrical current or power delivered by a device.

I'm worried that the load on that transformer will be too high.

意味（10）

(engineering) A resistive force encountered by a prime mover when performing work.

意味（11）

(electrical engineering) Any component that draws current or power from an electrical circuit.

Connect a second 24-ohm load across the power supply's output terminals.

意味（12）

A unit of measure for various quantities.

If this load equals its modern representative, it contains 18 cwt. of dry, 19 of new hay.

意味（13）

The viral load

意味（14）

A very small explosive inserted as a gag into a cigarette or cigar.

意味（15）

The charge of powder for a firearm.

意味（16）

(obsolete) Weight or violence of blows.

Far heavier load thyself expect to feel

Far heavier load thyself expect to feel From my prevailing arm

意味（17）

(vulgar, slang) The contents (e.g. semen) of an ejaculation.

Already, Robbie had dumped a load into his dad, and now, before my very eyes, was Alan's own cock lube seeping out

意味（18）

(euphemistic) Nonsense; rubbish.

What a load!

意味（19）

(computing) The process of loading something, i.e. transferring it into memory or over a network, etc.

All of those uncompressed images are going to slow down the page load.

意味（20）

(Philippines) prepaid phone credit