vehicle

英 [?vi??kl]美[?vi?h?kl]

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vehicle 交通工具

來自拉丁語vehere,攜帶，運載，來自PIE*wegh,走，運送，詞源同wagon,way,引申詞義交通工具。

vehicle: 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.

1. The vehicle that permitted both communication and acceptability was social revolution.: 既能實現交流又能被廣為接受的手段就是社會革命。

2. The President's unescorted vehicle was ambushed just outside the capital.: 剛出首都，總統無人護衛的汽車就遭到了伏擊。

3. The driver managed to escape from the vehicle and shout a warning.: 那名司機設法從車里逃了出來并大聲警告別人。

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。