| 单词 | afv |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAFV AFV n. chiefly U.S. = alternative fuel vehicle n. at alternative adj. and n. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > [noun] > motor vehicle > with specific type of engine one-lunger1908 straight eight1926 V-eight1930 hybrid1967 alternative fuel vehicle1979 AFV1982 1982 N.Y. Times 8 Jan. d2/6 The car, called AFV, for alternative-fuel vehicle, will be on display at the Detroit Auto Show later this month and, if built, would be ‘slightly more expensive’ to buy than conventional gasoline-powered cars. 2003 News & Observer (Raleigh, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 16 June a9 Auto manufacturers also produce a whole array of other AFVs that operate on natural gas, propane and electricity. AFV AFV n. armoured fighting vehicle. ΚΠ 1927 Times 15 July 11/5 The expression ‘armoured fighting vehicles’ (A.F.V.) has been added to the Army vocabulary. Something of the sort was needed, in order to distinguish vehicles that are self-contained for actual fighting from those which are used to move the other arms of the Service about. 1942 Wardens' Bull. (City of Oxford Civil Defence) No. 53 18 June 3 Vehicles. Very dark dull grey with dark brown disruptive design. A.F.V.'s have black cross outlined in white. 1969 AFV Profiles xiii. 1 The first tracked AFV's to go into military service in Canada since 1918. 2001 G. McKay & G. Nicholas Jungle Tracks i. 5 To be part of the AFV crew requires a certain sense of being ‘at one’ with the machine. < as lemmas |
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