音标:英 /ˈviːəklz/ ;美 /ˈviːəklz/
核心含义:作为名词“vehicle”的复数形式,最常用义为“交通工具;车辆”,涵盖所有依靠动力运行的载人或载物装置,包括陆地、水上和空中各类运输工具。此外,还可延伸为“载体;工具”,用于抽象语境表示传递信息或实现目的的媒介。
指具有动力装置的运输工具,按场景可分为:
陆地:cars(汽车)、trucks(卡车)、buses(公交车)、motorcycles(摩托车)等
水上:ships(轮船)、boats(小船)、ferries(渡轮)
空中:planes(飞机)、helicopters(直升机)
固定搭配:
electric vehicles(电动汽车,简称EVs)
commercial vehicles(商用车,如货车、客车)
motor vehicles(机动车辆)
比喻承载信息、思想或达成目标的媒介,常见于文化、科技等领域:
文化/艺术:Novels are often vehicles for the author’s ideas about society.(小说是作者传递社会观点的载体)
科技/应用:This new app serves as a vehicle for language learning.(这款应用是语言学习的工具)
在正式文体中,可指艺术、音乐等领域的“表达媒介”,如:The artist used oil painting as a vehicle to show his love for nature.(艺术家以油画表达对自然的热爱)
Traffic jams often happen here because too many vehicles pour into the downtown area during rush hour.(早高峰时大量车辆涌入市中心,导致频繁堵车)
The company has a fleet of 50 vehicles for delivering goods to different cities.(该公司有50辆货车用于跨市配送)
The French warplane was sent to the area after news emerged of a large convoy of up to 80 vehicles trying to flee Sirte.(得知约80辆车组成的车队试图逃离苏尔特后,法国战机被派往该区域)
Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.(未经许可停放的车辆将被锁轮或拖走)
Novels are often vehicles for the author’s ideas about society.(小说常作为作者传递社会观点的载体)
The vibrations of the vehicles rattled the shop windows.(车辆行驶的震动使商店窗户格格作响)
More cash will be saved by shutting studios and selling outside-broadcast vehicles.(关闭演播室和出售实况转播车将节省更多资金)
Children, many with their faces daubed with paint, ran among the vehicles.(许多脸上涂着油彩的孩子在车辆间奔跑)
He notes in particular that the team lacked data on how much black carbon would be emitted per flight by space tourism vehicles.(他特别指出,研究团队缺乏太空旅游飞行器每次飞行排放黑碳的数据)
This app allows you to touch pictures of animals, vehicles, instruments and insects to hear the noise they make.(这款应用可让你触摸动物、交通工具、乐器和昆虫的图片,听取它们的声音)
vehicle maintenance:车辆维护费
launch vehicle:运载火箭
a vehicle of culture:文化载体
underwater vehicle:水下运载工具
从具体的交通工具到抽象的传播媒介,“vehicles”的多义性使其成为描述物理运输与信息传递的通用词汇。在表达时,需根据搭配(如“of sth.”)或语境判断其具体含义,避免歧义。