| 单词 | vehicle |
| 释义 | vehicle (viːɪkəl ) Word forms: vehicles 1. countable noun B1 A vehicle is a machine such as a car, bus, or truck which has an engine and is used to carry people from place to place. The vehicle would not have the capacity to make the journey on one tank of fuel. ...a vehicle which was somewhere between a tractor and a truck. Synonyms: conveyance [old-fashioned], machine, motor vehicle, means of transport 2. countable noun You can use vehicle to refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose. Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs. [+ for] The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution. Synonyms: medium, means, channel, mechanism Collocations: emergency vehicle Government officials have in recent weeks stepped up their calls for the city's existing emergency vehicles to be urgently replaced, warning that their ambulances are too old. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The emergency vehicle was on stand-by in a bay when it began billowing smoke. The Sun (2009) The songbird has learned to copy the alarms of the emergency vehicles dashing to a nearby hospital. The Sun (2008) Translations: Chinese: 车辆 Japanese: 乗り物 |
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