taxi
英 ['t?ks?]
美['t?ksi]
- vi. 乘出租車(chē)；滑行
- vt. 使滑行；用出租車(chē)送
- n. 出租汽車(chē)
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詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?taxis;?taxies;第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?taxis;過(guò)去式:?taxied;現(xiàn)在分詞:?taxiing;
助記提示
1. shortening of taximeter cab.
2. taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare".
3. Medieval Latin taxa "tax, charge."
4. 音譯“的士”，這是按粵語(yǔ)音譯的，所以從普通話(huà)的角度看差異很大。我們經(jīng)常說(shuō)的“打的”，就是源自粵語(yǔ)。出租車(chē)在香港和廣東較早出現(xiàn)，于是粵語(yǔ)中也就相應(yīng)地有了“搭的士”的說(shuō)法，后來(lái)就簡(jiǎn)化變成了“打的”。
2. taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare".
3. Medieval Latin taxa "tax, charge."
4. 音譯“的士”，這是按粵語(yǔ)音譯的，所以從普通話(huà)的角度看差異很大。我們經(jīng)常說(shuō)的“打的”，就是源自粵語(yǔ)。出租車(chē)在香港和廣東較早出現(xiàn)，于是粵語(yǔ)中也就相應(yīng)地有了“搭的士”的說(shuō)法，后來(lái)就簡(jiǎn)化變成了“打的”。
中文詞源
taxi 出租汽車(chē)，的士
縮寫(xiě)自 taximeter cab,計(jì)程馬車(chē)，計(jì)程車(chē)，來(lái)自 taximeter,計(jì)程表，計(jì)價(jià)器。
英文詞源
- taxi
- taxi: [20] Taxi is short for taximeter cab, a term coined around 1890 for a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device for showing the fare to be paid. Taximeter [19] was borrowed from French taximètre, a compound noun formed from taxe ‘charge, tariff’ (a relative of English tax) and mètre ‘meter’.
=> tax - taxi (n.)
- 1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (1890), coined from Medieval Latin taxa "tax, charge."
An earlier English form was taxameter (1894), used in horse-drawn cabs. Taxi dancer "woman whose services may be hired at a dance hall" is recorded from 1930. Taxi squad in U.S. football is 1966, said to be from a former Cleveland Browns owner who gave his reserves jobs with his taxicab company to keep them paid and available ["Dictionary of American Slang"], but other explanations ("short-term hire" or "shuttling back and forth" from the main team) seem possible. - taxi (v.)
- 1911, of airplanes, from slang use of taxi (n.) for "aircraft," or from or reinforced "in allusion to the way a taxi driver slowly cruises when looking for fares" [Barnhart]. Related: Taxied; taxiing.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers.
- 出租車(chē)司機(jī)的抗議使得阿比讓陷入了混亂。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.
- 1990年，出租車(chē)司機(jī)魯莽駕駛導(dǎo)致的違章事件總共達(dá)239起。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. He was frustrated by his inability to wave down a taxi.
- 連一輛出租車(chē)都打不到，他很沮喪。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi.
- 我踱來(lái)踱去仔細(xì)思量后叫了一輛出租車(chē)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club.
- 出租車(chē)在里維埃拉俱樂(lè)部門(mén)口停了下來(lái)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句