vehicle
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释义
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
词根拆分
词根派生源自拉丁语 vehiculum：veh（运载）+ -iculum（表小/工具的后缀）=「负责运载之物」。原指任何运载工具，后收窄为汽车、卡车。通过比喻又拓宽：a vehicle for change 把一个想法向前运送，正如车运送乘客。
词根 vect 还连着 5 个词常用搭配
- 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
例句
- 1.
Police stopped every vehicle leaving the city that night.
那晚警方拦下了每一辆驶离城市的车辆。
- 2.
The factory now builds only electric vehicles.
这家工厂现在只生产电动汽车。
- 3.
She used her column as a vehicle for social criticism.
她把自己的专栏当作社会批评的媒介。
- 4.
Music can be a powerful vehicle for emotion.
音乐可以成为传递情感的强大载体。