van

noun

1. 客货车；厢式送货车
   a covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry/truck, used for carrying goods or people
   1. a furniture van
      运家具的货车
   2. a police van (= for carrying police officers or prisoners)
      警车
   3. a delivery van
      送货车
   4. a van driver
      客货车司机
2. 面包车（通常为12座左右）
   a covered vehicle with side windows, usually smaller than a lorry/truck, that can carry about twelve passengers
3. （铁路上运送包裹、邮件等的）车厢
   a closed coach/car on a train for carrying bags, cases, etc. or mail
   1. a luggage van
      装运行李的车厢

1. （厢式）中小型货车;运货车
   A van is a small or medium-sized road vehicle with one row of seats at the front and a space for carrying goods behind.
2. N-COUNT （火车的）货车车厢，邮政车厢
   A van is a railway carriage, often without windows, which is used to carry luggage, goods, or mail.
   1. In the guard's van lay my tin trunk.
      我的铁皮箱放在了卫兵的行李车厢中。

in AM, use 美国英语用 baggage car, boxcar

1. Most people have very little difficulty in seeing why a Van Gogh is a work of genius.
   多数人不难理解为什么凡·高的作品是天才之作。
2. A police van drove through the protesters and backed up to the front door of the house.
   一辆警车穿过抗议的人群，并倒至房子的前门。
3. A Luton van has additional load space over the driver's cab.
   卢顿厢式货车的驾驶室上方有富余的装载空间。
4. He was catapulted into the side of the van.
   他被弹飞出去，撞在货车的侧面。
5. He dipped his headlights as they came up behind a slow-moving van
   当他们靠近一辆缓慢行驶的货车时，他把汽车前灯调成了近光。
6. The driver got out of his van.
   司机从货车上下来。
7. They helped us put our gear back into the van.
   他们帮我们把装备放回到小货车里。
8. Pulling out to overtake, the car collided head-on with a van.
   越线超车时，轿车和一辆厢式货车迎面相撞。
9. The inside of a van was as good a place as any to hold a kidnap victim
   小货车内是关押被绑架人的好地方。
10. He inched the van forward
    他一点点向前挪动着货车。
11. Van Gogh had a major influence on the development of modern painting
    凡·高对现代绘画的发展有着重大影响。
12. He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.
    他看了一下后视镜，发现一辆深色货车紧随其后。
13. We were nearing the top of the pass to Tsagochen Thang when the van spluttered and died.
    我们在驶近通往TsagochenThang的垭口时，货车噼啪几声熄火了。
14. Graham put the van in neutral and jumped out into the road.
    格雷厄姆把货车挂到空挡，自己跳到马路上。
15. Sue parked off the main street, with the van's nose pointing away from the street.
    休把小货车停在远离大街的地方，车头背对着大街。
16. Van Gogh is probably the best-known painter in the world.
    凡·高可能是世界上最知名的画家。
17. We spent years travelling around in a rusty old van.
    我们多年来都开着一辆生锈的旧货车四处旅行。
18. The arrival of the charity van set off a minor riot as villagers scrambled for a share of the aid
    救济物资车的到来引发了小小的骚乱，村民们争先恐后地想抢到一份援助物资。
19. He made a living of sorts selling pancakes from a van
    他靠用货车卖薄饼勉强度日。
20. The back wheels spun and the van spurted up the last few feet.
    后轮突然转动起来，货车加速冲过了最后几英尺距离。
21. The van was stopped at customs in Harwich.
    小货车在哈里奇海关被拦下了。
22. I peered through a tear in the van's curtains.
    我通过篷车帘子的破洞窥视。
23. He was killed at a road junction by a van driver who went through a red light
    他在交叉路口被一辆闯红灯的小货车撞死了。
24. They traced the van to a New Jersey car rental agency.
    他们查出面包车属于新泽西州的一家租车行。
25. He was dragged from his van and beaten unconscious by a gang of salmon poachers.
    他被一帮盗猎大麻哈鱼的家伙从货车里拽出来打得不省人事。
26. The device exploded underneath a van.
    该装置在一辆货车底下发生了爆炸。
27. The man's wife, a passenger in the van, was uninjured in the accident.
    那个人的妻子当时在面包车里，但没有在事故中受伤。
28. In the guard's van lay my tin trunk.
    我的铁皮箱放在了卫兵的行李车厢中。
29. It will probably work out cheaper to hire a van and move your own things.
    租一辆面包车自己搬的话，算起来可能要更省钱些。
30. Two masked men held up a mail van.
    两个戴面具的人拦路抢劫了一辆邮车。

n.

in the van

• 处于前沿；处于领先地位
  at the front or in the leading position

noun

1. a truck with an enclosed cargo space

2. a camper equipped with living quarters

   Synonym:    caravan

3. (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or freight

4. the leading units moving at the head of an army

   Synonym:    vanguard

5. any creative group active in the innovation and application of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially in the arts)

   Synonym:    avant-gardevanguardnew wave