English Dictionary

van

IPA（発音記号）

/væn/

名詞

イギリス英語 古風

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

日本語の意味

貨物や（通常は10人未満の）乗客を運ぶために用いられる、覆い付きの自動車。車体は概ね直方体に近い形状で、一般の自動車より大きく、トラックやバスより小型である。

The delivery van arrived at dawn, its driver juggling parcels and a stack of invoices.

配達用の小型貨物車が夜明けに到着し、運転手は小包と請求書の束を器用に扱っていた。

意味（1）

A covered motor vehicle used to carry goods or (normally less than ten) persons, usually roughly cuboid in shape, longer and higher than a car but relatively smaller than a truck/lorry or a bus.

The van sped down the road.

意味（2）

(Britain) An enclosed railway vehicle for transport of goods, such as a boxcar/box van.

意味（3）

(dated) A light wagon, either covered or open, used by tradesmen and others for the transportation of goods.

意味（4）

(aerospace) A large towable vehicle equipped for the repair of structures that cannot easily be moved.

Designed to be fully mobile and self-contained, the complete equipment includes an air-conditioned van containing all necessary electronic gear and a flat bed trailer in which missiles, jet engines and other large assemblies may be cleaned.

vans （ plural ）