aut
aut — 名詞
1. an informal short form of 'automobile', meaning a four-wheeled vehicle used for
汽車
automobile 的非正式簡稱
an informal short form of 'automobile', meaning a four-wheeled vehicle used for carrying people on roads.
Yumi parked her aut in the garage before the storm arrived.
Yumi 在暴風雨來臨前，把她的 aut 停進了車庫。
informal abbreviation: aut for automobile
The mechanic said the old aut needed new brake pads and a fresh battery.
技師說那輛老 aut 需要更換新的剎車片和電瓶。
Putri saved for three years to buy her first aut last spring.
Putri 存了三年錢，終於在去年春天買下了她的第一輛 aut。
Nicholas washed his aut every Sunday morning without fail.
Nicholas 每週日上午都會準時清洗他的 aut。
- car
the standard everyday term; 'car' is more common than 'aut' in all registers
- automobile
the full, more formal word that 'aut' abbreviates
- vehicle
broader term covering cars, trucks, vans, etc.
用法筆記
Very informal. In spoken American English, 'aut' is much less common than 'car' or simply 'auto'. The full form 'automobile' is rarely used in everyday conversation.
aut — 形容詞
- autpositive
- autercomparative
- autestsuperlative
1. an informal short form of 'automatic', describing a machine or device that opera
自動的
automatic 的非正式簡稱
an informal short form of 'automatic', describing a machine or device that operates by itself without a person needing to control it.
The aut doors at the supermarket opened as soon as Yumi walked near them.
超市的自動門在 Yumi 走近時就打開了。
attributive use: aut + noun (aut doors)
Camila prefers an aut transmission because she dislikes shifting gears by hand.
Camila 偏好自動變速箱，因為她不喜歡手動換檔。
Kemi bought an aut coffee maker that starts brewing at six every morning.
Kemi 買了一台每天早上六點自動開始煮的咖啡機。
The aut sprinkler system turns on when the soil sensors detect dry conditions.
這套自動灑水系統在土壤感應器偵測到乾燥狀況時就會啟動。
- automatic
the full, formal equivalent; 'automatic' works in all positions
- self-operating
more technical and less common than 'automatic'
- manual
requires human operation
用法筆記
Common in product labels and informal speech. 'Aut' as an adjective is almost always used before a noun; it does not appear after linking verbs (e.g. you would not say 'the doors are aut').