fifth wheel
- IPA[ˌfi(f)TH ˈ(h)wēl]
- a superfluous person or thing；a trailer with accommodations for camping out
noun: fifth-wheel trailer, plural noun: fifth-wheel trailers
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. informal a superfluous person or thing I was the fifth wheel to two sets of coupled-up friends Kayla is a fifth wheel in a group of four high-schoolers meeting at the mall food court
- 2. a trailer with accommodations for camping out they sold their house, bought a fifth wheel, and started traveling all over the US the truck was towing a thirty-foot fifth wheel trailer
- 3. a coupling between a trailer and a vehicle used for towing.
- ▪ historical a horizontal turntable over the front axle of a carriage as an extra support to prevent it tipping.
