vehicle: [17] A vehicle is etymologically something that ‘carries’. The word comes via French véhicule from Latin vehiculum, a derivative of vehere ‘carry’. This also gave English convex, inveigh, vector [18] (etymologically a ‘carrier’), and vex [15], and it came ultimately from a prehistoric Indo- European base *wegh-, ancestor also of English waggon, way, weigh, etc. => convex, inveigh, vector, vex, waggon, way, weigh
vehicle (n.)
1610s, "a medium through which a drug or medicine is administered," also "any means of conveying or transmitting," from French véhicule (16c.), from Latin vehiculum "means of transport, vehicle, carriage, conveyance," from vehere "to bear, carry, convey," from PIE *wegh- "to go, transport in a vehicle" (cognates: Old English wegan "to carry;" Old Norse vegr, Old High German weg "way;" Middle Dutch wagen "wagon;" see wagon). Sense of "cart or other conveyance" in English first recorded 1650s.
雙語例句
1. The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.
既能實(shí)現(xiàn)交流又能被廣為接受的手段就是社會(huì)革命。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The President's unescorted vehicle was ambushed just outside the capital.
剛出首都，總統(tǒng)無人護(hù)衛(wèi)的汽車就遭到了伏擊。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and shout a warning.
那名司機(jī)設(shè)法從車?yán)锾恿顺鰜聿⒋舐暰鎰e人。
來自柯林斯例句
4. A few minutes later the bomb went off, destroying the vehicle.
炸彈幾分鐘后爆炸，炸毀了那輛車。
來自柯林斯例句
5. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself.