van
n
1 covered vehicle, with no side windows, for transporting goods or people (有篷盖的)客货车
the `baker's van 装载面包的货车
a `furniture/re`moval van 搬运家具的[搬迁用的]货车
a police van, ie for transporting police or prisoners 警车
[attrib 作定语]
a `van driver 客货车司机.
2 (Brit) closed railway carriage for luggage, mail or goods, or for the use of the guard (铁路上运送行李、 邮件或货物的)厢式货车, 守车
the `luggage van 装运行李的车厢 * the `guard's van 守车.
van n the van [sing]
(dated 旧) vanguard or forefront of an army or fleet (部队或舰队的)前锋, 先锋
positioned in the van 处於前锋位置.
Now, this is the chemistry lab. Have you been in this lab before?
好啦,这是化学实验室。你们以前到过这个实验室吗?
No, I haven't. I read about it in the newspaper. It's also about the man who wanted to end slavery -- Abraham Lincoln.
不,还没有。我在报纸上读过有关的情况。它还讲述了那个想结束奴隶制度的人,即亚伯拉罕·林肯的情况。
Pierre and I borrowed the money and bought the necklace. During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had borrowed. That's why I now look so old. Well, after all these years we've at last paid back all the money.