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

• Children, many with their faces daubed with paint, ran among the vehicles.
  孩子们在车辆中间跑来跑去，许多脸上都涂着油彩。
• A post office was set on fire and vehicles were stoned by looters.
  抢劫犯放火烧了一家邮局，并用石头砸车。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The tanks left burning vehicles in their wake as they ploughed through makeshift barricades.
  坦克冲过临时搭建的路障，所过之处留下了燃烧的车辆。
• Shops, houses, and vehicles were set ablaze.
  店铺、房子和车辆全都陷于火海。
• Unauthorized vehicles will be wheel clamped or towed away.
  未经许可停放的车辆将会被轮夹锁住或拖走。