1N-COUNT 车辆;交通工具;运输工具 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. 车辆;交通工具;运输工具
The vehicle would not have the capacity to make the journey on one tank of fuel.
这辆车单靠一箱燃料无法跑完整趟旅程。
...a vehicle which was somewhere between a tractor and a truck.
一种介于拖拉机和卡车之间的机动车
SYN conveyance [old-fashioned], machine, motor vehicle, means of transport
2N-COUNT (实现目的的)工具,手段,媒介 You can use vehicle to refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose. (实现目的的)工具,手段,媒介
Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs. [+ for]
艺术成了她表达政治信仰的工具。
The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.
1used for transporting people or things交通工具ADJECTIVE | ... OF VEHICLES | VERB + VEHICLE | VEHICLE + VERB | VEHICLE + NOUN | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤moving, oncoming, passing行駛中的/迎面駛來的/經過的車輛◇She was blinded by the lights from an oncoming vehicle.迎面開來的車輛亮着大燈,晃得她什麼也看不見。➤parked, stationary (especially BrE) 停放着的/靜止不動的車輛◇The bus crashed into a stationary vehicle.公共汽車撞上了一輛停着的車。➤unattended無人看管的車輛➤abandoned被棄車輛▸➤stolen失竊車輛◇The thieves escaped in a stolen vehicle.盜賊駕駛一輛偷來的車逃跑了。➤horse-drawn, motor馬拉的交通工具;機動車輛◇deaths from motor vehicle accidents (NAmE) 機動車交通事故的死亡人數➤electric, fuel-cell, hybrid電動車;燃料電池車;混合動力車▸➤diesel, gas, gasoline, petrol (BrE) 柴油車;汽油車➤fuel-efficient, gas-guzzling省油的/耗油的汽車▸➤tracked, wheeled履帶/有輪車輛▸➤road公路車輛▸➤four-by-four, four-wheel-drive四輪驅動車▸➤all-terrain, off-road, sport utility (abbreviated to SUV) (especially NAmE) 全地形車;越野車;運動型多功能車▸➤vintage (especially BrE) 老式汽車➤luxury豪華車▸➤private私家車➤passenger客車➤recreational (especially NAmE) (露營時用的)活動房屋式遊藝車➤private-hire (BrE) 預訂式出租車◇taxis and private-hire vehicles公共出租車和預訂式出租車➤commercial, delivery, goods, heavy goods (abbreviated to HGV) (BrE) 商用車;送貨車;貨車;重型貨車▸➤emergency, rescue急救車;救援車▸➤police警車▸➤amphibious, armoured/armored, fighting, light armoured/armored, military水陸兩用車;裝甲車;戰車;輕型裝甲車;軍車◇a Bradley fighting vehicle布萊德雷戰車... OF VEHICLES➤convoy車隊◇The president's car was being followed by a convoy of vehicles.總統的轎車後面跟隨着護衞車隊。VERB + VEHICLE➤own擁有車輛▸➤hire, rent (especially NAmE) 租車◇Hire a four-wheel-drive vehicle-there are lots of spots to discover off the beaten track.租一輛四輪驅動的車子吧,在偏僻的地方還有許多景點等待去發現呢。◇We rented an SUV.我們租了一輛運動型多功能車。➤drive, operate駕駛車輛▸➤park停放車輛▸➤impound, tow, tow away (BrE) 扣押車輛;把車拖走◇The vehicle was impounded as part of the police investigation.這輛車作為警方調查的一部份被扣押了。◇car owners whose vehicles have been towed (away)車子被拖走的車主➤abandon丟棄車輛◇Sniffer dogs were brought in to follow the men after they abandoned the vehicle in a ditch.那些人把車子開進溝裏後棄車逃走,警察牽來嗅探犬跟踪追擊。➤enter, exit (especially NAmE) 上車;下車VEHICLE + VERB➤break down車輛出故障▸➤collide, crash (into sth)車輛碰撞;車輛撞(上⋯)◇Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles collided.撞車事故中的兩名司機均未受傷。➤run on sth車輛靠⋯運轉◇vehicles running on biodiesel以生物柴油作燃料的車輛➤be equipped with sth車輛裝有⋯◇a vehicle equipped with a GPS receiver裝有全球衞星定位系統接收器的車輛VEHICLE + NOUN➤emissions機動車尾氣排放◇tighter controls on vehicle emissions對汽車尾氣排放更加嚴格的控制➤development, manufacture, production車輛開發/製造/生產➤sales (especially NAmE) 車輛銷售量◇Total vehicle sales increased 5% from last year.車輛總銷量比去年增長了 5%。➤crime (BrE) 與車輛有關的犯罪◇Vehicle crime has dropped by 16%.與車輛有關的犯罪下降了 16%。➤registration number (especially BrE) 汽車牌照號碼◇He was seen driving away and his vehicle registration number was given to the police.有人看到他開車跑了,並將他的車牌號碼報告了警方。PHRASES➤the front of a vehicle, the rear of a vehicle, the side of a vehicle車輛前部/尾部/側面➤the inside of a vehicle, the interior of a vehicle車輛裏面/內部vehicle
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2sth used for communicating ideas/achieving sth手段;渠道ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤excellent, ideal, perfect絕佳的工具;理想的載體;完美的媒介▸➤important, main, major重要的工具;主要的載體;主要手段➤investment投資工具PREPOSITION➤vehicle for⋯的工具◇The play is a perfect vehicle for her talents.這齣戲讓她能夠充分發揮才華。➤vehicle of⋯的媒介◇the main vehicle of communication for students學生互相交流的重要媒介