(仓库、工厂、商店等的)装卸区;装卸货平台。指卡车停靠、进行装货或卸货的专用区域。(英式英语中常见;美式英语也会说 loading dock。)
/ˈləʊdɪŋ beɪ/
The delivery truck is waiting at the loading bay.
送货卡车正在装卸区等候。
After the inspection, the pallets were moved from the loading bay into the warehouse, where they were logged and stored by aisle number.
检查结束后,托盘从装卸区被移入仓库,在那里按通道编号登记并入库。
loading 来自动词 load(装载、装货),源于古英语中表示“装载、负担”的词根;bay 在这里指建筑或空间中的一个“隔间/开间/区域”。合起来就是“用于装货的区域”。(bay 还有“海湾”等其他常见含义。)