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TRANSPORT
VOCABULARY TRANSPORT
Term | Definition |
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Bike | A bicycle |
Car | A road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers |
Van | A covered vehicle with no side windows in its back half, usually smaller than a lorry/truck, used for carrying goods or people |
Scooter | A light motorcycle, usually with small wheels and a curved metal cover at the front to protect the rider’s legs |
Rocket | A spacecraft in the shape of a tube that is driven by a stream of gases let out behind it when fuel is burned inside |
Bus | A large road vehicle that carries passengers, especially one that travels along a fixed route and stops regularly to let people get on and off |
Truck | A large vehicle for carrying heavy loads by road |
Ambulance | A vehicle with special equipment, used for taking sick or injured people to a hospital |
Skateboard | To ride on a skateboard |
Moped | A motorcycle with a small engine and also pedals |
Plane | A flying vehicle with wings and one or more engines |
Train | A railway/railroad engine pulling a number of coaches/cars or trucks, taking people and goods from one place to another |
Helicopter | An aircraft without wings that has large blades on top that go round. It can fly straight up from the ground and can also stay in one position in the air |
Escalator | Moving stairs that carry people between different floors of a large building |
Tractor | A powerful vehicle with two large and two smaller wheels, used especially for pulling farm machinery |
Motorbike | A bicycle which has a small engine |
Boat | A vehicle (smaller than a ship) that travels on water, moved by oars, sails or a motor |
Fire engine | A special vehicle that carries equipment for fighting large fires |
Elevator | A machine that carries people or goods up and down to different levels in a building or a mine |
Limo | A large expensive comfortable car |