n.[C]

1. 運載工具；車輛；飛行器；太空火箭
   The launch vehicle lifts the satellite into orbit.

   太空火箭將人造衛星送入運行軌道。

2. 傳播媒介；工具，手段[（+for/of）]
   Language is the vehicle of thought.

   語言是表達思想的工具。

3. （為展露演員才華而）特意編寫的一齣戲（或電影等）[（+for）]
   The play is a good vehicle for his comic talent.

   這個劇本很好地展露了他的喜劇天才。

4. 【畫】展色劑
   Linseed oil is a vehicle for paint.

   亞麻籽油是一種顏料展色劑。

n.

1. a thing used for transporting people or goods on land, e.g. a car, truck, or cart.
2. a means of expressing, embodying, or fulfilling something.
   ▸a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it.
3. a film, programme, song, etc., intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage.