vehicle
/ˈviːɪkl/noun
1
- a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, lorry, or cart交通工具, 车辆（如汽车、卡车、大车）。
2
- a thing used to express, embody, or fulfil something（表达、体现或完成的）工具, 手段, 方法, 载体：
I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas.
我用色彩表达思想。
2.1
- a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it赋形药; 展色剂, 调漆料。
2.2
- a privately controlled company through which an individual or organization conducts a particular kind of business, especially investment（个人, 组织从事经营、尤指投资的）公司。
2.3
- a film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage（为展露主演者才华而）度身定制的创作（电影、电视节目、歌曲等）。
派生词
vehicular
/vɪˈhɪkjʊlə(r)/ adjective （一般用于义项1）词源
early 17th cent.: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere 'carry'.