vehicles

英 [ˈviːɪklz]

美 [ˈvihɪkəlz]

n.  交通工具; 车辆; (赖以表达思想、感情或达到目的的)手段，工具
vehicle的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 车辆;交通工具;运输工具
  Avehicleis a machine such as a car, bus, or truck which has an engine and is used to carry people from place to place.
  1. The vehicle would not have the capacity to make the journey on one tank of fuel.
     这辆车单靠一箱燃料无法跑完整趟旅程。
  2. ...a vehicle which was somewhere between a tractor and a truck.
     一种介于拖拉机和卡车之间的机动车
• N-COUNT （实现目的的）工具，手段,媒介
  You can usevehicleto refer to something that you use in order to achieve a particular purpose.
  1. Her art became a vehicle for her political beliefs...
     艺术成了她表达政治信仰的工具。
  2. The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.
     既能实现交流又能被广为接受的手段就是社会革命。

双语例句

• More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles
  通过关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金。
• Commercial vehicles, coaches and lorries are required by law to be fitted with tachographs.
  法律规定商用车辆、长途汽车和卡车要安装转速计。
• Two police officers had a narrow escape when separatists attacked their vehicles.
  分裂主义者袭击他们的车辆时，两名警官死里逃生。
• When I arrived one of the vehicles was still burning.
  当我到达时，其中一辆车还在燃烧。
• The defences are intended to obstruct any advance by tanks and other vehicles.
  这些防御工事用于阻止坦克等车辆前进。
• Demonstrators turned on police, overturning vehicles and setting fire to them
  示威者攻击警察，推翻车辆并将其纵火焚烧。
• The vehicles have been modified to suit conditions in the desert.
  车辆已改装过以适应沙漠的环境。
• There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
  加油泵边车辆已经排起了长队。
• Thousands of tanks, artillery pieces and armored vehicles will be cut up for scrap.
  成千上万的坦克、大炮和装甲车将被切割成废金属。
• The machine uses minute quantities of ozone to sterilise and deodorise refrigerated food vehicles.
  这种机器使用极少量的臭氧为食品冷藏车消毒杀菌和去除异味。