vehicle
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noun
1. a thing used for transporting people or goods, especially on land, such as a car, truck, or cart:
乗り物, 車 (!通例陸上用でエンジン･車輪の付いたものをいう)
e.g. the vehicle was sent skidding across the road
e.g. a heavy goods vehicle.
2. a thing used to express, embody, or fulfill something:
【思想･考えなどの】表現手段, 伝達手段, 媒体 «for, of»
e.g. I use paint as a vehicle for my ideas.
a substance that facilitates the use of a drug, pigment, or other material mixed with it:
【目的達成の】手段, 方法
e.g. casein was used as a vehicle for pigments by the medieval painters.
the figurative language used in a metaphor, as distinct from the metaphor's subject. Often contrasted with tenor2 (sense 1).
3. a movie, television program, song, etc., that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage:
e.g. a vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood's hottest properties.
ORIGIN
early 17th century: from French véhicule or Latin vehiculum, from vehere ‘carry’.