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词汇 fifth-wheel
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释义 fifth wheel
noun[ C ]
uk /ˌfɪfθ ˈwiːl/ us /ˌfɪfθ ˈwiːl/

fifth wheelnoun[C] (VEHICLE)


mainly US(alsofifth-wheel)
a circular object like a wheel with which a trailer(= a vehicle that is pulled) can be connected to the vehicle that is pulling it:
If you only tow occasionally, you can remove and install the fifth wheel as needed.
A large pin underneath the front of the trailer interlocks with the fifth wheel.
mainly US(alsofifth-wheel)(alsofifth-wheel camper, fifth-wheel trailer)
a caravan that has a front part that covers the flat back part of the vehicle that is pulling it :
My mom and dad would like to get a fifth wheel and travel across the country spending a month here or a couple of weeks there.
They sold their home and now live in a fifth-wheel.
He lives in a fifth-wheel trailer on property his family owns.
He and his wife crisscross the country in a pickup, towing their one-bedroom, fifth-wheel camper.
Pick-up trucks are often used for commercial freight hauling, usually together with a trailer that is towed with a ball hitch or with a fifth-wheel mounted in the bed of the truck.
They sell a wide variety of recreational vehicles including fifth wheels, travel trailers, and more.
The RV park doesn't allow trailers, or fifth wheels, or pop-ups.
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finny
fog light
footboard
high beams
L-plate
nearside
sidelight
sunroof
tailgate
tire
tow bar
tread
turn signal
wing

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Trucks, vans & caravans

fifth wheelnoun[C] (NOT NEEDED/WANTED)


US
someone or something that is not needed or wanted in a particular situation:
Sometimes I look down the line of guitar players and think that I am just the fifth wheel here, that these guys don't need me in this band.
They asked me to join them but I replied that I would only be a fifth wheel.
The report called the coordinating agency for the state's two higher education systems, an "unnecessary fifth wheel".
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Irrelevant
be neither here nor thereidiom
be no objectidiom
beside
enter into something
extraneous
irrelevance
irrelevancy
irrelevant
irrelevantly
make no oddsidiom
moot
nothing
object
odds
point
prejudice
red herring
tangential
tangentially
unconnected

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