Pronúncias (4)
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/ˈhʌm.viː/
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[ˈhʌm.βiː]
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[ˈhʌɱ.viː]
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ˈhʌmviː
Substantivo
A diesel-powered, four-wheel drive tactical military vehicle that can carry a wide variety of military hardware.
Uso- uso nos Estados Unidos
- Sinônimos
- HMMWV
- Palavras relacionadas
- MRAPjeep
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Mais exemplos (1)
Stores, dealerships, galleries struggled to satisfy the skyrocketing demand for ever more recherché produce: limited-edition olive oils, three-hundred-dollar corkscrews, customized Humvees, the latest anti-virus software, escort services featuring contortionists and twins, video installations, outsider art, featherlight shawls made from the chin-fluff of extinct mountain goats.
We went out into the streets of Zafaraniya, travelling in the usual two-Humvee convoy, complete with gunners.
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Last week, I read 2,300 Humvees—these are big vehicles—were left behind for the enemy. 2,000? You would say maybe two, maybe four? 2,300 sophisticated vehicles, they ran, and the enemy took them.
Substantivo
a high mobility, multipurpose, military vehicle with four-wheel drive
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