英语词汇“vehicle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	vehicle
释义	ve·hi·cle \ˈvēˌikəl also ˈvēˌhik- or ˈvēə̇k- sometimes vēˈhik- or viˈh-\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: French véhicule transmitting agent, vehicle, from Latin vehiculum carriage, conveyance, from vehere to carry — more at way 1. a. : an inert substance (as syrup, lard, or liquid petrolatum) in a medicinal compound through which an active agent is administered or by which other ingredients are held together : diluent, excipient b. : a liquid ingredient of other mixtures: as (1) : a fluid in which something is dissolved or held in suspension < filled his glass of tomato juice half full of salt so that … the juice became scarcely more than a vehicle for the salt — C.P.Richter > < lapping abrasive has been used successfully with vehicles of all kinds: water, soluble oils, cottonseed oil — E. Leslie Anderson > (2) : the binder and volatile thinners of a finishing material (as paint or lacquer) (3) : the varnish in printing ink (4) : a fluid or other substance in which light-sensitive salts for coating photographic plates are contained c. : medium 9b 2. a. : an agent of transmission : carrier < water, food, insects, and inanimate objects may be vehicles of infection — V.M.Ehlers & E.W.Steel > < the conception of blood as the vehicle of life — J.G.Frazer > < man … as a vehicle of culture — A.L.Kroeber > b. : the literal content of a metaphorical statement — compare tenor 1c 3. a. : a mode of expression : form, style < words, pictures, and other vehicles of expression — H.O.Taylor > < find a new form of verse which shall be as satisfactory a vehicle for us as blank verse was for the Elizabethans — T.S.Eliot > b. : medium 3c < the organ had been for centuries the vehicle of sacred music — A.E.Wier > < public schools remain the primary vehicle for the education of our youth — J.B.Conant > < using a program of slum clearance as a vehicle … to secure the adoption of other and extraneous legislation — New Republic > < the United Nations as the principal vehicle by which world peace may … be reached — Patrick McMahon > specifically : an artistic composition serving to convey a particular conception < these pictures are the vehicles of his spirit — Herbert Read > c. : a Buddhist path to salvation — compare hinayana, mahayana d. : an outlet for artistic talent < the American minstrel show … as a vehicle for amateurs — C.F.Wittke > specifically : a work created especially to display the powers of a particular performer < a play intended as a starring vehicle for an actress > < a piano concerto composed as a vehicle for a famous virtuoso > 4. : a material embodiment or repository < capable of exercising choice in the matter of reincarnation vehicles — H.B.Piper > 5. : a means of carrying or transporting something : conveyance: as a. : a carrier of goods or passengers < the most used vehicle was the mule — James Bird > < the locomotive is well under way by the time the last vehicles are started from rest — O.S.Nock > < aerial vehicles such as airplanes, and submerged vehicles such as … submarines — Fritz Zwicky > < for summer hunting … the kayak is their indispensable vehicle — C.D.Forde > specifically : motor vehicle < exhaust from road vehicles > < the turning radii of the transit vehicle determines the length of the bus stop — B.H.Sexton > b. : a container in which something is conveyed < the research vehicles — the satellites and the lunar probes — H.H.Martin > < have the space vehicle trakced from the earth — L.S.Brown > c. : a piece of mechanized equipment < tractors and farm vehicles — Statesman's Year Book > < tanks, half-tracks and other combat vehicles — Time > d. : a propulsive device < launching vehicle lifts the satellite into orbit — Space Talk > Synonyms: see mean
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