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cab 音標拼音: [k'æb] n. 計程車,出租汽車,出租單馬車
vi. 乘出租馬車 計程車,出租汽車,出租單馬車乘出租馬車 cab n 1: a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits 2: small two- wheeled horse- drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood [ synonym: { cab}, { cabriolet}] 3: a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money [ synonym: { cab}, { hack}, { taxi}, { taxicab}] v 1: ride in a taxicab [ synonym: { taxi}, { cab}] taxicab \ tax" i* cab\, n. an automobile with a professional driver which can be hired to carry passengers; -- also called a { taxi}, and informally called a { cab} or a { hack}. The driver of a taxicab is referred to as a { cab driver} or { cabbie}, and sometimes as a { chauffeur} or { hackie}. Note: Taxicabs may be engaged by a prior appointment made, e. g. by telephone, or they may cruise for passengers, i. e. they may drive in city streets and stop to pick up pasengers when they are signalled by a prospective passenger. The act of signalling a taxicab ( usually by a wave of the arm) is often called { to hail a cab} or { to flag down a cab}. [ PJC]
Cab \ Cab\ ( k[ a^] b), n. [ Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. " A cab came clattering up." -- Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster] Note: A cab may have two seats at right angles to the driver' s seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver' s, with the entrance from the side or front. [ 1913 Webster] { Hansom cab}. See { Hansom}. [ 1913 Webster] 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. -- Knight. [ 1913 Webster]
Cab \ Cab\ ( k[ a^] b), n. [ Heb. qab, fr. q[= a] bab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two ( 2. 37) pints. -- W. H. Ward. -- 2 Kings vi. 25. [ 1913 Webster] |
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