taxicab
taxicab — 名詞
- taxicabsingular
- taxicabsplural
1. a car with a driver that people pay to take them somewhere, usually charging an
計程車
按里程收費的出租汽車
a car with a driver that people pay to take them somewhere, usually charging an amount that depends on how far they travel
Mei-Lin flagged down a taxicab outside the train station to go to her hotel.
Mei-Lin 在火車站外攔了一輛計程車前往旅館。
flag down a taxicab
The taxicab driver helped Kwame lift his heavy suitcase into the trunk.
計程車司機幫 Kwame 把他沈重的行李箱放進後車廂。
taxicab driver
Elena shared a taxicab with two other passengers to split the fare to the airport.
Elena 和另外兩名乘客共乘一輛計程車到機場，一起分攤車資。
share a taxicab [with someone]
Mr. Ito called a taxicab company to book a ride for his early flight.
Ito 先生打電話給計程車公司，預訂了清晨航班用車。
call a taxicab [company]
A line of yellow taxicabs waited outside the convention center after the concert.
演唱會結束後，一長排黃色計程車在會議中心外面等候。
- flag down a taxicab
- hail a taxicab
- share a taxicab
- call a taxicab
- take a taxicab
- taxicab driver
- taxicab company
- taxicab fare
- yellow taxicab
- taxi
the most common everyday equivalent; shorter and preferred in speech
- cab
informal shortening, very frequent in American English
- hackney carriage
official UK term for a licensed taxi that can be hailed on the street; very formal
用法筆記
Taxicab is the full formal name; it is usually shortened to taxi or cab in everyday conversation.