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 than forty armoured vehicles carrying troops have been sent into the area.
  载着部队官兵的40多辆装甲车被派往该地区。
• They set fire to vehicles outside that building
  他们纵火焚烧了停在那幢大楼外的车辆。
• 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。
• The city police set up roadblocks to check passing vehicles.
  该市警察设置了路障以检查过往车辆。
• Many of the potholes are a danger even to motor vehicles, never mind cyclists.
  许多坑洼处甚至给机动车都带来了危险，更别提骑自行车的人了。
• There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
  加油泵边车辆已经排起了长队。
• Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire
  很多人受了伤，多辆车起火。
• Attacks were reported on police, vehicles and commercial premises.
  据报道，警察、车辆和商业经营场所均遭到袭击。
• 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 roads are crowded with vehicles of all kinds.
  马路上挤满了各种车辆。