pallet(名词):托盘;货盘。用于在仓储和运输中承载货物,便于叉车等设备搬运。(另有较少见义:简易床铺/草垫床板等)
/ˈpælɪt/
A forklift lifted the pallet onto the truck.
叉车把托盘抬上了卡车。
The warehouse reorganized its inventory by stacking boxes on pallets and scanning each shipment as it arrived.
仓库通过把箱子堆放在托盘上并在每批货到达时扫描,重新整理了库存。
pallet 源自中古法语 **pale(tte)**,与“木板、桩板”等含义相关;后来在英语中逐渐发展出“简易铺板/床板”的意思,并在现代物流语境中固定为“用于搬运与堆码的托盘”。