load-carrying tray; luggage carrier; roof rack
Refers to the flat cargo area of a truck, the rear carrier of a bicycle, or a roof rack on a vehicle. The specific meaning depends on the vehicle type.
We loaded the cargo onto the truck's load-carrying tray.
I tied the shopping bag to the bicycle's luggage carrier.
We loaded cardboard boxes onto the truck's cargo bed.
My little brother rode along on the bike's rear carrier.
The cargo fell off the truck bed when it braked suddenly.
トランク is a car's enclosed trunk for storing luggage, while 荷台 is an open cargo area or rack on a truck or bicycle.
荷物棚 is an overhead luggage rack found on trains or buses, whereas 荷台 refers to the cargo platform of a truck or bicycle.
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Formed from native 荷, “load or cargo,” and 台, “platform,” denoting the load-carrying platform of a vehicle.