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VAN    音标拼音: [v'æn]
n. 货车,篷车,先锋,前驱,前卫
vt. 用车搬运

货车,篷车,先锋,前驱,前卫用车搬运

van
n 1: any creative group active in the innovation and application
of new concepts and techniques in a given field (especially
in the arts) [synonym: {avant-garde}, {vanguard}, {van}, {new
wave}]
2: the leading units moving at the head of an army [synonym:
{vanguard}, {van}]
3: (Great Britain) a closed railroad car that carries baggage or
freight
4: a camper equipped with living quarters [synonym: {van},
{caravan}]
5: a truck with an enclosed cargo space

Van \Van\, n. [L. vannus a van, or fan for winnowing grain: cf.
F. van. Cf. {Fan}, {Van} a wing {Winnow}.]
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1. A fan or other contrivance, as a sieve, for winnowing
grain.
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2. [OF. vanne, F. vanneau beam feather (cf. It. vanno a wing)
fr. L. vannus. See Etymology above.] A wing with which the
air is beaten. [Archaic] "[/Angels] on their plumy vans
received him. " --Milton.
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He wheeled in air, and stretched his vans in vain;
His vans no longer could his flight sustain.
--Dryden.
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Van \Van\, n. [Abbrev. fr. vanguard.]
The front of an army; the first line or leading column; also,
the front line or foremost division of a fleet, either in
sailing or in battle.
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Standards and gonfalons, twixt van and rear,
Stream in the air. --Milton.
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Van \Van\, n. [Cornish.] (Mining)
A shovel used in cleansing ore.
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Van \Van\, v. t. (Mining)
To wash or cleanse, as a small portion of ore, on a shovel.
--Raymond.
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Van \Van\, n. [Abbreviated from caravan.]
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1. A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen
and others for the transportation of goods. [Eng.]
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2. A large covered wagon for moving furniture, etc., also for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition.
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3. A closed railway car for baggage. See the Note under
{Car}, 2. [Eng.]
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Van \Van\, v. t. [Cf. F. vanner to winnow, to fan. See {Van} a
winnowing machine.]
To fan, or to cleanse by fanning; to winnow. [Obs.] --Bacon.
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Caravan \Car"a*van\ (k[a^]r"[.a]*v[a^]n or k[a^]r*[.a]*v[a^]n";
277), n. [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karw[=a]n
a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. {Van} a wagon.]
1. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized
and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling
together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by
robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.
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2. A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for
conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant
show, as of wild beasts.
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3. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving
furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into {van}.
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97 Moby Thesaurus words for "van":
Conestoga wagon, Pullman, Pullman car, advance guard, airhead,
anteposition, armed guard, avant-garde, baggage car, bank guard,
battle line, beachhead, boxcar, bridgehead, caboose, car, caravan,
carriage, chair car, coach, coal car, coast guard, cordon,
cordon sanitaire, covered waggon, covered wagon, day coach, diner,
dinghy, dining car, drawing room, dray, farthest outpost,
first line, flat, flatcar, forefront, foregoing, front, front line,
front rank, front-runner, garrison, goalie, goalkeeper, goaltender,
gondola, guard, guarder, guardsman, haywagon, heading,
inlying picket, jailer, le pas, leading, line, local, luggage van,
mail car, mail van, outguard, outpost, palace car, parlor car,
passenger car, picket, pioneer, point, prairie schooner,
precedence, preceding, precursor, priority, railhead, railway car,
rear guard, reefer, refrigerator car, roomette, scout,
security guard, sleeper, smoker, smoking car, spearhead, stockcar,
tank, tender, the lead, train guard, truck, vanguard, waggon,
wagon, wain, warder

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