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名詞

motor vehicle (plural motor vehicles)

1. Any land-based means of transportation in the form of a machine that operates primarily through a motor to provide power to rotate the tires.

   Hypernyms: vehicle, conveyance

   Hyponyms: truck, lorry, motor truck, motortruck; car, motor car, motorcar, automobile, auto; van; bus, motorcoach, coach

   Coordinate terms: bicycle, pedicab; see also Thesaurus:vehicle

使用する際の注意点

By tradition, the term is idiomatically restricted to conveyances heavier than bicycles and scooters, despite that those might be motorized and might be considered vehicles; thus, a highway sign saying "motor vehicles only" forbids e-bikes but not motorcycles.