vehicleとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈviː.ɪ.kəl/, /ˈvɪə.kəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ə.kəl/, /ˈviˌ(h)ɪ.kəl/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪː(ə).kəl/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛ.hɪ.kəl/
• 韻: -iːɪkəl, -ɪəkəl, -iːəkəl, -iːɪkəl, -iːhɪkəl, -ɪːkəl, -ɛhɪkəl
• ハイフネーション: ve‧hi‧cle

名詞

vehicle (複数形 vehicles)

1. A conveyance; a device for carrying or transporting substances, objects or individuals.
   • 2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion:

     But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.

   • 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:

     Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

   • 2013 June 7, Ed Pilkington, “‘Killer robots’ should be banned in advance, UN told”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 6:

     In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way.

2. A medium for expression of talent or views.

   supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle

3. A liquid content (e.g. oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.
4. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil または gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

   an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle

5. An entity to achieve an end.

   mission service as a vehicle for development of better-rounded worldviews

6. (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.
7. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

同意語

• (Hinduism): vahan

下位語

• See also Thesaurus:vehicle

派生語

関連する語

• vector
• vectorial
• vectorize

Further reading

• vehicle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “vehicle”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• vehicle at OneLook Dictionary Search