Definition of "vehicle" in 英语

noun

1. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.

2. A guided or aimed mobile object or apparatus, especially if intended or used as a weapon.

   • kinetic kill vehicle

3. A medium for expression of talent or views.

   • supporting actors in a Steven Spielberg vehicle

4. A liquid content (e.g., oil) which acts as a binding and drying agent in paint.

5. (pharmaceuticals) The main excipient (such as an oil or gel) that conveys the active ingredient of a drug.

   • an ointment with a petrolatum vehicle

6. An entity to achieve an end.

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

7. (Buddhism) A mode or method of spiritual practice; a yana.

8. (Hinduism) An animal or (rarely) a plant on which a Hindu deity rides or sits.

verb

1. To transport in a vehicle, or as if in a vehicle.

2. To travel in a vehicle.