vehicle

英 ['viːɪkl] 美 ['viːɪkl]

• n. 车辆；交通工具；传播媒介；手段；工具

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C] 交通工具,车辆

   conveyance such as a car, lorry, cart, etc. used for transporting goods or people

2. [C] 传播媒介,手段

   means by which thought, feeling, etc. can be expressed

3. [C] 太空交通工具

   structure for transport in space

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 车，车辆，汽车
2. 交通工具
3. 传播媒介，手段，媒介物，媒质，媒介
4. 飞行器
5. 工具
6. 运载工具，运行工具
7. 特意编写的一出戏
8. 【画】展色剂，载色剂
9. 【药】赋形剂
10. 【绘画、化】展色料

英英释义

Noun:

1. a conveyance that transports people or objects

2. a medium for the expression or achievement of something;

   "his editorials provided a vehicle for his political views"
   "a congregation is a vehicle of group identity"
   "the play was just a vehicle to display her talents"
   

3. any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it

4. any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. No entry for vehicle!
   禁止车辆入内！
2. It is time for the yearly check of vehicle safety.
   到车辆安全年审的时间了。
3. Subway is a convenient vehicle for those white collars.
   地铁对于白领阶层来说是很方便的交通工具。
4. Television has become an important vehicle for spreading political ideas.
   电视已成为传播政治思想的重要媒介。
5. It subsequently evolved into an even more complex investment vehicle.
   并随后发展成为一种更为复杂的投资手段。
6. Language is the vehicle of thought.
   语言是表达思想的工具。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. No vehicles are permitted into the park.
   公园内禁止任何车辆进入。
2. Air is the vehicle of sound.
   空气是声音传播的媒介。
3. News paper may be used as a vehicle for propaganda.
   报纸可用作宣传工具。

经典引文

• If the water..be the vehicle of this disease.

  出自： J. Moore

• They viewed the tea as a vehicle of an unconstitutional tax.

  出自： J. Morse

• Three major vehicles of therapy: prayers, surgery, and drugs.

  出自： M. C. Gerald

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• drive〔operate〕 a vehicle 驾驶车辆
• load a vehicle 装车
• unload a vehicle 卸车

形容词+～

• the armored vehicle 装甲车
• the main vehicle 主要工具
• the unmanned vehicle 无人驾驶的太空船

名词+～

• the air vehicle 空中运输工具
• the launch vehicle 运载火箭
• the space vehicle 太空船

介词+～

• carry in a vehicle 用车运输
• travel in a vehicle 乘车旅行

～+介词

• vehicle for 用于…的媒介
• vehicle of disease 疾病的传媒

词源解说

• ☆ 1612年进入英语，直接源自法语的vhicule，意为任意一种传输的工具；最初源自古典拉丁语的vehiculum，意为运输工具，交通工具。

近反义词

【近义词】

• means