n.[C]

1. 有盖小货车；箱形客货两用车
   Furniture is usually moved in a van.

   家具通常用货车搬运。

2. 【主英】（铁路的）有盖货车

vt.

1. 用车搬运
   The race horses were vanned from here to there.

   赛马被用有篷卡车从这里运送到那里。

n.[theS]

1. 【军】前锋，先锋，前卫
   The van is under attack.

   先锋部队遭到攻击。

2. （社会运动等的）前驱；先导
   The United States is in the van of industrial nations.

   美国处于工业国的领先地位。

n.

n.

1. the foremost part of a group of people, especially the foremost division of an advancing military force.
2. the forefront of developments or ideas.

n.

1. archaic a winnowing fan.
2. archaic or literary a bird's wing.

n.