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a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry, used for carrying goods or people 客貨車；廂式送貨車 
the driver of a white van 一輛白色貨車的司機 a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners) 警車 A delivery van was almost blocking the narrow street. 一輛送貨車幾乎堵塞了狹窄的街道。 an ice-cream van 冰淇淋車 a van driver 客貨車司機 - in a van
A passenger in the van was fatally injured. 貨車裏的一名乘客受了致命傷。 He usually sleeps in the back of his van. 他通常睡在貨車後面。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorrya2A TV news van was parked at the entrance. 一輛電視新聞采訪車停在入口處。 Each band had a tour van. 每個樂隊都有一輛巡回演出用車。 A bomb had been planted in a parked van. 一枚炸彈被安放在一輛停着的貨車裏。 On election day they drove around town in a van with a loudspeaker on the roof. 選舉日那天，他們開着一輛車頂裝有揚聲器的貨車在鎮上四處行駛。 The van's interior was fitted with shelves. 這輛貨車的内部裝有擱板。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delivery
- camper
- transit
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- drive
- park
- load
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- driver
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a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry, that can carry about twelve passengers 面包車（通常爲 12 座左右） Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- delivery
- camper
- transit
- …
- drive
- park
- load
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- driver
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a closed coach on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail （鐵路上運送包裹、郵件等的）車廂 a luggage van 裝運行李的車廂 The gang robbed a mail van, seriously injuring one of the guards. 該團夥搶劫了一輛郵車，一名警衛受重傷。
Word Originnoun early 19th cent.: shortening of caravan.in the van. early 17th cent.: abbreviation of vanguard.
Idioms
in the van
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at the front or in the leading position 處於前沿；處於領先地位 These artists felt themselves in the van of the movement, true pioneers. 這些藝術家覺得自己是這場運動的先鋒，真正的先驅。