van
柯林斯詞典
1. N-COUNT A van is a small or medium-sized road vehicle with one row of seats at the front and a space for carrying goods behind. 中小型貨車
2. N-COUNT A van is a railway wagon, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail. 行李車廂[英國英語]
The coffin was loaded into the van of the train. 棺材被裝進了火車的行李車廂內(nèi)。
3. N caravan的縮寫→short for caravan
4. N vanguard的縮寫→short for vanguard
5. N advantage的縮寫 (Usual US and Canadian word ad)[tennis] →short for advantage
6. N any device for winnowing corn 敭穀機
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van /v?n/ (vans)
劍橋詞典
- There was a series of explosions and the van burst into flames .
- The raiders machine-gunned everyone in the bank before escaping in a van.
- The sound of the ice-cream van was borne into the office on the wind .
- The van drivers refused to cross the picket line .
- Do you want help bringing your stuff in from the van?
van noun (VEHICLE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a medium-sized road vehicle , used especially for carrying goods , that often has no windows in the sides at the back
廂形貨車，有蓋小貨車
a delivery van 送貨車
a Transit van 貨運篷車
a van driver 貨車司機
[ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] US
a medium-sized vehicle with windows all round , used for carrying more people than an ordinary car
（載客）廂形車
比較
minibus
minivan
例句
van noun (FRONT)
?in the van of sthUK formal
at the front , or in the most advanced position , of something
在…方麪領(lǐng)先，処在…的前沿
The US is in the van of the quest to establish contact with other planets . 美國在探索與外層空間生物建立聯(lián)系方麪処於領(lǐng)先地位。
也見
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