ＲＶ

noun

recreational vehicle; RV; SUV

Commonly used for both RVs and SUVs in Japanese, though the distinction may be blurred.

• 週しゅう末まつはＲＶでキャンプに行いく。

  On weekends, I go camping in an RV.

• 新あたらしいＲＶは燃ねん費ぴがいい。

  The new SUV gets good gas mileage.

noun

reactor vessel

Technical term in nuclear engineering; abbreviation for 原子炉格納容器.

See also: 原子炉格納容器

• ＲＶの点てん検けんは厳げん重じゅうに行おこなわれる。

  Inspections of the reactor vessel are carried out rigorously.

noun

reentry vehicle

Aerospace term for a vehicle designed to reenter the atmosphere.

• そのミサイルは複ふく数すうのＲＶを搭とう載さいしている。

  The missile carries multiple reentry vehicles.

noun

Revised Version; RV

Refers to the Revised Version of the Bible; a specific historical translation.

• ＲＶは19世せい紀きの英えい語ご訳やく聖せい書しょの一ひとつだ。

  The RV is a 19th-century English translation of the Bible.