tracked vehicle
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6.0
- noun
- Specialized
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vehículo oruga
- And while we're happily blazing away from our bedroom foxhole, the government rolls up an armored car or tracked vehicle that unloads a hundred rounds from a Ma Deuce, and goodbye to the #12 Elm Street Militia.
Examples
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A second step would be to revise the budget process in order to fund entire forces (outputs) rather than individual items of input, such as aircraft, tracked vehicles, and the rest.
Academic text (1990) -
The real tragedy is those folks don't know what a bulldozer is: a tracked vehicle with a fixed blade on arms that swivel just a bit.
Blog text (29) -
"While on tracked vehicles, he led a crew of three and was in charge of four other vehicles in his section.
Blog text (2) -
Strategically, tracked vehicles were a means to greater flexibility, tied as they were neither to road nor rail.
Academic text (1990) -
From there, it was school for amphibious assault vehicles (AAV), massive tracked vehicles capable of going on land and water.
Blog text (2) -
Of course, horse-logging may not be the only low-impact method of timber extraction, as Adam Watson suggested in a follow-up email of the 8th of October 2012; the use of light, rubber-tracked vehicles might be a relatively low-impact alternative (again, I paraphrase):
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The soldier drove a powerful tracked vehicle across the rugged terrain during the training exercise.
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During the winter, the researchers used a tracked vehicle to navigate through the heavy snow in the Arctic.
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The construction site required a tracked vehicle to transport materials over the rough ground.
Synonyms
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8.3
A military vehicle with front wheels and back tracks for rough ground
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'tracked' indicates having or being equipped with tracks and 'vehicle' denotes a machine for transport, so a B1 learner who knows both words will infer 'a vehicle that moves on tracks' (e.g., a tank or bulldozer). This adjective+noun pattern and the concept of vehicles with continuous tracks are cross-linguistically common, supporting immediate comprehension.
Etymology
The noun tracked vehicle comes from machines that move on long metal or rubber tracks that wrap around the wheels and help them travel over soft ground. Because the tracks spread the weight and give more grip, the term means 'a vehicle made to go on rough or soft ground'.