| 单词 | vehicle |
| 释义 | vehicle (once / 213 pages) n A vehicle gets you or your stuff where it needs to go. Even though the grocery store is only a few block away, you'll probably want to use a vehicle to get there, so you won't have to carry your groceries all the way home. A vehicle is anything that transports a person or thing, usually a car. But a vehicle can be a truck, a plane, a bus, a blimp or even a shopping cart, anything that transports people or things. Vehicle is also often used in the sense of a medium of expression. For example, if you're an artist, your art is the vehicle for your creative ideas. Some people believe that bread is just a vehicle for mayonnaise. WORD FAMILYvehicle: vehicles, vehicular USAGE EXAMPLESThe state pays for roads with the transportation fund, which is built on gas tax revenue and vehicle registration fees. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Some manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) When authorities issue red alerts, some manufacturing companies are required to cut production and heavily polluting vehicles are banned from the roads. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a conveyance that transports people or objects Exp|Hypo|Hyper B-52 United States military aircraft; B- stands for bomber H.M.S. Bountya ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat Mayflowerthe ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to Massachusetts in 1620 Merrimacan ironclad vessel built by the Confederate forces in the hope of breaking the blockade imposed by the North Monitoran ironclad vessel built by Federal forces to do battle with the Merrimac USS Colea United States destroyer Old Ironsidesa United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston Graf Zeppelina large rigid dirigible designed to carry passengers or bombs Dodgem, bumper car a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged crafta vehicle designed for navigation in or on water or air or through outer space military vehiclevehicle used by the armed forces projectile, rocketany vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine skiboba vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing sled, sledge, sleigha vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow road roller, steamrollervehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements wheeled vehiclea vehicle that moves on wheels and usually has a container for transporting things or people aircrafta vehicle that can fly baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, go-cart, perambulator, pram, pushchair, pusher, strollera small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around bicycle, bike, cycle, wheela wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals bob, bobsled, bobsleigha long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism bobsled, bobsleighformerly two short sleds coupled together boneshakerany wheeled vehicle that is dilapidated and uncomfortable caissona two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition car, railcar, railroad car, railway cara wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad dog sled, dog sleigh, dogsleda sled pulled by dogs half tracka motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military cart, go-cart, handcart, pushcartwheeled vehicle that can be pushed by a person; may have one or two or four wheels horse-drawn vehiclea wheeled vehicle drawn by one or more horses ground-effect machine, hovercrafta craft capable of moving over water or land on a cushion of air created by jet engines Hum-Vee, Humveea high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive landing craftnaval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment lugea racing sled for one or two people missilea rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control motor scooter, scootera wheeled vehicle with small wheels and a low-powered gasoline engine geared to the rear wheel multistage rocket, step rocketa rocket having two or more rocket engines (each with its own fuel) that are fired in succession and jettisoned when the fuel is exhausted personnel carriera military vehicle (usually armored) for transporting military personnel and their equipment picketa vehicle performing sentinel duty punga one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners reconnaissance vehicle, scout carfast armored military vehicle with four-wheel drive and open top rolling stockcollection of wheeled vehicles owned by a railroad or motor carrier scooterchild's two-wheeled vehicle operated by foot self-propelled vehiclea wheeled vehicle that carries in itself a means of propulsion skateboarda board with wheels that is ridden in a standing or crouching position and propelled by foot ballistic capsule, space vehicle, spacecrafta craft capable of traveling in outer space; technically, a satellite around the sun armored combat vehicle, armoured combat vehicle, army tank, tankan enclosed armored military vehicle; has a cannon and moves on caterpillar treads technicala pickup truck with a gun mounted on it research rocket, test instrument vehicle, test rocketa rocket fired for test purposes toboggana long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front house trailer, trailera wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy tricycle, trike, velocipedea vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals troop carrier, troop transportany land or sea or air vehicle designed to carry troops monocycle, unicyclea vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals vessel, watercrafta craft designed for water transportation waggon, wagonany of various kinds of wheeled vehicles drawn by an animal or a tractor coaster wagon, wagona child's four-wheeled toy cart sometimes used for coasting military plane, warplanean aircraft designed and used for combat combat ship, war vessel, warshipa government ship that is available for waging war weapons carriermilitary vehicle that is a light truck designed to carry mortars or machine guns and their crews welcome wagona wheeled vehicle carrying information and gifts from local merchants for new residents in an area conveyance, transport something that serves as a means of transportation 2n any substance that facilitates the use of a drug or pigment or other material that is mixed with it Hyper substance a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties 3n 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 Hyper medium a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information 4n 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 Syn|Hyper fomite object, physical object a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow |
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