vehicle
UK/'vi:ikl/US
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Definitions
n.
A machine, such as a car, truck, or bus, used for transporting people or goods
交通工具；车辆
n.
A means by which something is expressed, communicated, or achieved
（表达、传播或实现某事的）媒介，载体
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom Latin vehiculum: veh (carry) + -iculum (a diminutive/instrument ending) = 'the thing that carries.' Originally any conveyance, it narrowed to a car or truck. By metaphor it widened again: a vehicle for change carries an idea forward, just as a car carries passengers.
Root vect still carries 5 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.motor vehicle机动车
- 2.electric vehicle电动汽车
- 3.commercial vehicle商用车
- 4.vehicle for change变革的媒介
- 5.off-road vehicle越野车
Example Sentences
- 1.
Police stopped every vehicle leaving the city that night.
- 2.
The factory now builds only electric vehicles.
- 3.
She used her column as a vehicle for social criticism.
- 4.
Music can be a powerful vehicle for emotion.