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a/an + van
They bought a van for their camping trips.
他们买了一辆货车用于露营旅行。
先锋；前卫
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先锋；前卫
a creative group that leads the introduction and use of new ideas and techniques in a field, especially the arts
They bought a van for their camping trips.
他们买了一辆货车用于露营旅行。
一种有盖的机动车,用于运送货物或少于十人的乘客,通常呈大致立方体形状。根据类型,可能比皮卡和SUV大或小,比汽车长和高,但相对比卡车或公共汽车小。
A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, Depending on the type of van, it can be bigger or smaller than a pickup truck and SUV, and longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.
用于清洗矿石的铲子。
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
用于扬谷的风扇或其他装置,如筛子。
A fan or other contrivance, such as a sieve, for winnowing grain.
凡猫。
A Van cat.
The university's design lab is in the van of the new sustainable architecture movement.
这所大学的设计实验室正处在可持续建筑新运动的最前沿。
These young musicians are widely regarded as the van of a fresh wave of jazz.
这些年轻音乐家被普遍视为新一波爵士乐的先锋。
The festival committee chose the experimental theater group to be the van of this year's program.
艺术节组委会挑选了这个实验剧团作为今年活动的先锋。
They bought a van for their camping trips.
他们买了一辆货车用于露营旅行。
常与用途词搭配，如delivery van, police van。
The delivery van arrived at noon.
送货货车中午到了。
此用法中van意为先锋、前列。
The new company is in the van of technological innovation.
这家新公司处于技术创新的前列。
Not this
I bought a new van for commuting to work.
Use this
I bought a new car for commuting to work.
中文学习者常将 'van' 与 'car' 混淆。'van' 指厢式货车或面包车，而 'car' 指轿车。上下文中通勤通常用轿车，故应改用 'car'。
Not this
He drives van to deliver packages.
Use this
He drives a van to deliver packages.
英语中可数名词单数前通常需要冠词。'van' 是可数名词，所以 'drives van' 缺少不定冠词 'a'，应改为 'drives a van'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
送货货车
The delivery van arrived at noon.
送货货车中午到了。
客车
We rented a passenger van for the trip.
我们租了一辆客车去旅行。
货车司机
The van driver helped us load the luggage.
货车司机帮我们搬行李。
在…的前列
This company is in the van of technological innovation.
这家公司处于技术创新的前列。
领先/带头
They lead the van in renewable energy research.
他们在可再生能源研究中领先。
运动的先锋
He was in the van of the civil rights movement.
他是民权运动的先锋。
在...的前列
She was in the van of the feminist movement.
她处于女权运动的前列。
我住在河边的一辆货车里！
A famous line from Chris Farley's Saturday Night Live sketch where his character Matt Foley, a motivational speaker, describes his living situation.
克里斯·法利在《周六夜现场》小品中的经典台词，他饰演的励志演说家马特·福利描述自己的居住状况。
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van音似‘万’，想象一辆大货车满载万物，轻松搬运。
通常用于日常口语，多指货车或厢式车。语境：运输、货运。
The following words rhyme with van: can, man, pan, fan, tan (all /æn/). 'Vane' (/veɪn/) looks similar but does not rhyme.
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