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Car & Vehicles terms

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Construction Vehicle​

A pile driver để đóng cọc xuống đất, làm móng.

A forklift truck (xe nâng hạ, xe nâng) lift and move materials over short distances.

A road paver machine is a piece of construction equipment used to lay asphalt concrete or Portland cement concrete on roads, bridges, parking lots and other such places. It lays the material flat and provides minor compaction. This is typically followed by final compaction by a road roller.
asphalt paving construction: trải nhựa đường

A road roller (xe lu, sometimes called a roller-compactor, or just roller) is a compactor-type engineering vehicle used to compact soil, gravel, concrete, or asphalt in the construction of roads and foundations.
Hai cái "bánh xe" của nó gọi là tandem drums.

Loader (máy xúc lật) move or load materials such as soil, rock, sand, demolition debris, etc. into or onto another type of machinery (such as a dump truck. Nó không dùng để dig (đào).

Excavator máy xúc (cát đá), máy đào are heavy construction equipment primarily consisting of a boom, dipper (or stick), bucket, and cab on a rotating platform known as the "house".

  • 360 excavator: loại cha hòa lái. Thường dùng với track chứ không dùng wheel.
  • backhoe loader: combines a tractor, front loader and backhoe into one machine. Mặt trước là loader & cái smaller wheel of the tractor. Mặt sau (rear) has a hydraulic arm to dig. Dùng wheel không dùng track.

The term backhoe refers to the action of the bucket, not its location on the vehicle. That is, a backhoe digs by drawing earth backwards, rather than lifting it with a forward motion like a person shovelling, a steam shovel, or a bulldozer. The buckets on some backhoes may be reconfigured facing forward, making them "hoes".

A bulldozer or dozer (also called a crawler) is a large tractor equipped with a metal blade at the front for pushing material (soil, sand, snow, rubble, or rock) during construction work. It travels most commonly on continuous tracks, though specialized models riding on large off-road tires are also produced.

A crawler vehicle is a type of vehicle that moves on tracks instead of wheels, similar to a tank.

A boom lift (xe nâng cầng, aerial work platform (AWP), cherry picker) provides an aerial work platform (AWP) dùng để sửa chữa đường dây điện trên cao, chăm sóc cây lớn trong thành phố.

A crane (cần cẩu, cần trục) is a machine used to move materials both vertically and horizontally, utilizing a system of a boom, hoist, wire ropes or chains, and sheaves for lifting and relocating heavy objects within the swing of its boom.

Thường có thể dùng mot mobile crane to erect a smaller tower crane.

  • Mobile crawler crane: cần cẩu di động, di chuyển bằng track
  • Crane on a barge
  • Tower crane

A dump truck (xe tải ben, xe ben) is a vehicle designed to transport and unload loose materials like gravel, dirt, or demolition waste using a hydraulic system.

A jackhammer dùng để break pavement. Hình dạng gần giống cái đồ bơm bánh xe đạp.

An earth auger make holes in the ground.

Two Wheelers​

  • Scooter: xe tay ga

  • Motorbike, motorcycle: xe số, có gear

  • accelerator: tay phải lên ga

  • brake: thắng tay, thắng chân

  • Clutch: tay côn dùng để change gears together with your feet

A scooter has two brake for two hands and no gears

underbone, step-throughs: kiểu xe khi ngồi có thể kẹp touch your two knees lại với nhau

The Honda Super Cub (or Honda Cub) is a Honda underbone motorcycle.

Four Wheelers​

A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, diligence) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by four horses although some versions are drawn by six horses.
Box: a wooden box stored under the driver's seat on a stagecoach, usually to transport gold ingots or other valuable items

litter: a kind of chair or bed that was used in the past for carrying important people

bonnet: the metal part over the front of a vehicle, usually covering the engine
(French) le capot = the hood (US) = bonnet (UK); Nắp ca-pô

caravan: a road vehicle without an engine that is pulled by a car, designed for people to live and sleep in, especially when they are on holiday

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

motorized freight tricycle, three-wheelers: xe lôi ông út chạy, xe ba gác

A suicide door is an automobile door hinged at its rear rather than the front. Such doors were originally used on horse-drawn carriages but are rarely found on modern vehicles, primarily because they are less safe than front-hinged doors.