van

noun

/væn/

Idioms

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a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people
- the driver of a white van
- a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners)
- A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street.
- an ice-cream van
- a van driver
- in a van A passenger in the van was fatally injured.
- He usually sleeps in the back of his van.
see also conversion van, moving van, panel van, removal van, white-van man
Extra Examples
- A TV news van was parked at the entrance.
- Each band had a tour van.
- A bomb had been planted in a parked van.
- On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof.
- The van's interior was fitted with shelves.
Topics Transport by car or lorrya2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- delivery
- camper
- transit
- …
verb + van
- drive
- park
- load
- …
van + noun
- driver
See full entry
(North American English) a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- delivery
- camper
- transit
- …
verb + van
- drive
- park
- load
- …
van + noun
- driver
See full entry
(British English) a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail
- a luggage van
- The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards.
see also guard’s van, luggage vanTopics Transport by bus and trainc1

Word Originnoun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.in the van. early 17th cent.: abbreviation of vanguard.

Idioms

in the van

(British English, formal) at the front or in the leading position
- These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers.

单词	van
释义	van noun /væn/ /væn/ Idioms jump to other results enlarge image a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people the driver of a white van a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners) A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street. an ice-cream van a van driver in a van A passenger in the van was fatally injured. He usually sleeps in the back of his van. see also conversion van, moving van, panel van, removal van, white-van man Extra Examples A TV news van was parked at the entrance. Each band had a tour van. A bomb had been planted in a parked van. On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof. The van's interior was fitted with shelves. Topics Transport by car or lorrya2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective delivery camper transit … verb + van drive park load … van + noun driver See full entry (North American English) a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective delivery camper transit … verb + van drive park load … van + noun driver See full entry (British English) a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail a luggage van The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards. see also guard’s van, luggage vanTopics Transport by bus and trainc1 Word Originnoun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.in the van. early 17th cent.: abbreviation of vanguard. Idioms in the van (British English, formal) at the front or in the leading position These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers.
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