van

Word family

van /væn/ S2 W3 noun [countableC]

TTCa vehicle used especially for carrying goods, which is smaller than a truck and has a roof and usually no windows at the sides (厢式)小型货车

a delivery van

运货车

a van driver

小型货车司机

2. American EnglishAmE a large box-like car that can carry a lot of people 面包车

3 especially British EnglishBrETTT a railway carriage with a roof and sides, used especially for carrying goods 〔铁路上运送货物的〕车厢

a luggage van

行李车

4 be in the van (of something) to be one of the people who are in front or who are leading a change 处于(某事物)前沿

She was in the van of the feminist movement.

她处于女权运动的前沿。

Examples from the Corpus

van• Brave Sam King saw Scott Long, also six, run down by a van.• You will certainly need to make arrangements for the siting of the outside broadcast van and the laying of cables.• a moving van• Bernard reversed straight out of the new garage into the road and hit a passing van.• Police found at least a dozen spent shell casings around the van.• A hosepipe was attached to the exhaust pipe leading into the interior of the van and the engine was still running.• We washed three vans, one mini and 28 cars and we all got soaking wet.

Origin van

(1800-1900) caravan

Chinese

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