Humveen.

Brit.

/ˈhʌmˌviː/, U.S.

/ˈhəmˌvi/

Forms: 1900s– HUMV, 1900s– Hum-V, 1900s– HUMMvee, 1900s– Hummvee, 1900s– Humvee. Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English High-mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of High-mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, with insertion of vowels for euphony.

U.S. Military.

A proprietary name for: a four-wheel-drive, all-terrain military vehicle.

ΚΠ

1981 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Aug. 1/4 The HMMWV will be able, with slight changes of structure and body, to serve as a utility vehicle, an ambulance or a weapons carrier.]

1982 Washington Post 25 Aug. a21/1 After 40 years of rugged service, the venerable Jeep is about to be replaced with the High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or, as the army affectionately calls it, the HUMMvee.

1993 Pop. Sci. June 138/1 Today's water-fording vehicles include the Humvee, which can cross 40-inch-deep streams, and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which can ‘swim’ through deep water.

2003 Time 31 Mar. 52/1 Columns of U.S. and British tanks, trucks, humvees and armored personnel carriers fanned out across the southern Iraqi desert.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	humvee
释义	Humveen. Brit. /ˈhʌmˌviː/, U.S. /ˈhəmˌvi/ Forms: 1900s– HUMV, 1900s– Hum-V, 1900s– HUMMvee, 1900s– Hummvee, 1900s– Humvee. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English High-mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of High-mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, with insertion of vowels for euphony. U.S. Military. A proprietary name for: a four-wheel-drive, all-terrain military vehicle. ΚΠ 1981 Wall St. Jrnl. 11 Aug. 1/4 The HMMWV will be able, with slight changes of structure and body, to serve as a utility vehicle, an ambulance or a weapons carrier.] 1982 Washington Post 25 Aug. a21/1 After 40 years of rugged service, the venerable Jeep is about to be replaced with the High-Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or, as the army affectionately calls it, the HUMMvee. 1993 Pop. Sci. June 138/1 Today's water-fording vehicles include the Humvee, which can cross 40-inch-deep streams, and the Bradley Fighting Vehicle, which can ‘swim’ through deep water. 2003 Time 31 Mar. 52/1 Columns of U.S. and British tanks, trucks, humvees and armored personnel carriers fanned out across the southern Iraqi desert. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1982
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