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

• 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。
• Dozens of people have been injured and many vehicles set on fire
  很多人受了伤，多辆车起火。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 soldiers commandeered vehicles in the capital and occupied the television station
  士兵们征用首都的车辆，并且占领了电视台。
• Their vehicles were parked in orderly rows.
  他们的车一排排井然有序地停放着。
• There are already long queues of vehicles at petrol pumps.
  加油泵边车辆已经排起了长队。
• 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。
• 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。