n.[C]

1. 运载工具；车辆；飞行器；航天器
   The launch vehicle lifts the satellite into orbit.

   运载火箭将人造卫星送入运行轨道。

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

   语言是表达思想的工具。

3. （为展露演员才华而）特意编写的一出戏（或电影等）[（+for）]
   The play is a good vehicle for his comic talent.

   这个剧本很好地展露了他的喜剧天才。

4. 【画】展色剂
   Linseed oil is a vehicle for paint.

   亚麻籽油是一种颜料展色剂。

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.