armored personnel carrier
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈɑrmərd ˈpɜrsənəl ˈkɛrɪər/
- Specialized
:
vehículo blindado de transporte de personal
- Notable additions included third-generation Type-99 main battle tanks, which are gradually being introduced to group armies throughout China, as well as armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles.
- tanks and armored personnel carriers
- including armored personnel carriers
We have panders like armored personnel carriers that are really really fast zipping all over the town.
- We have panders like armored personnel carriers that are really really fast zipping all over the town.
Examples
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Military Land Rovers and an armored personnel carrier stood outside.
Fiction book (1999) -
The troops were safely transported in the armored personnel carrier during the combat mission.
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Police stuck to their armored personnel carriers.
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How about an armored personnel carrier?
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Move armoured personnel carriers and half tracks from the east sector to the west.
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Hawk jets, tanks, and armored personnel carriers support the troops now fighting in the jungles.
Academic text (2002) -
The news service reports that the army has sent armored personnel carriers to restore calm and reopen roads barricaded by protesters.
Blog text (15) -
At major intersections, National Guard armored personnel carriers and Humvees squat ominously.
Fiction book (2000) -
Consequently, the IDF has overturned the decision to cut its heavy armored personnel carrier program, the Namer program, and is now shifting budget priorities to purchase more units.
Academic text (2015) -
Ukraine needs what is provided for in the bill adopted with bipartisan and unanimous support in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: anti-tank weapons to defend against Russian-provided armored personnel carriers, ammunition, vehicles and secure communications equipment, and intelligence support and training.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
22
3.4
A vehicle with heavy metal protection that keeps people safe from attack, like a tank or police van
18
4.9
A military vehicle that carries soldiers and their equipment
3
6.5
A heavy military vehicle with armor and tracks that carries soldiers
3
4.4
A vehicle like a truck or plane that carries soldiers
2
4.9
A vehicle like a truck, ship, or helicopter that carries soldiers
2
5.5
A military vehicle on wheels with light armor and a machine gun for combat
A heavy military machine like a tank with heavy metal plates, tracks, and a large gun for fighting
How Armored
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2.8
- Specialized
- Specialized
14
5.3
- US
34
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly and transparently compositional: 'armored' (protected by armor), 'personnel' (people/soldiers), and 'carrier' (a vehicle that transports) combine to denote a vehicle that carries personnel and is armored. This adjective/nominal modification pattern is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Armored personnel carrier comes from the simple idea of a vehicle covered in metal for protection: armies put metal around a vehicle so the personnel, the 'soldiers', inside could be safe while the carrier carried them. That's why the term means 'a protected vehicle that carries soldiers'.