wheelbarrow

/'wi:l,b rou/

Thân thiện

A gardener pushes a wheelbarrow full of soil across the lawn.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A small cart for carrying loads: A wheelbarrow is a small, typically single-wheeled vehicle with two handles at the rear, used for transporting small loads, especially in gardening or construction.

2. Verb:

   • To transport using a wheelbarrow: The action of moving or carrying something in a wheelbarrow.

Examples

• Noun:

  • He filled the wheelbarrow with soil for the garden.
  • The old wheelbarrow had a flat tire.

• Verb:

  • Can you wheelbarrow these bricks over to the patio?
  • We need to wheelbarrow the compost to the flower beds.

Advanced Usage

• "To be in the wheelbarrow": An informal phrase implying being in a difficult or precarious position where one is being pushed along by circumstances or others.
  • After the merger, the small department felt like it was in the wheelbarrow, with no control over its direction.

Variants and Related Words

• Handcart (n): A general term for a small cart pushed or pulled by hand, which can include wheelbarrows.
• Garden cart (n): A larger, often two-wheeled cart used for similar purposes in gardening.

Synonyms

• Cart (n): A vehicle with two or four wheels used for carrying loads.
• Barrow (n): A more general term for a cart, often used in British English.

Related Phrases

• "To put/push the cart before the horse": An idiom meaning to do things in the wrong order. While not containing "wheelbarrow," it relates to the concept of carts and logical sequence.
  • Planning the party before we have a date is putting the cart before the horse.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels

Verb

1. transport in a wheelbarrow

Từ đồng nghĩa

• barrow
• garden cart
• lawn cart