a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter 出租车 ■a boat or other means of transportation similarly used 出租汽船(或其他交通工具) ■(in South Africa) a light vehicle, especially a minibus, transporting passengers along a fixed route for a set fare but not operating to a timetable (南非的)小型机动车
(taxies, taxied, taxiing 或 taxying) [no obj., with adverbial of direction]
(of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing (飞机)缓慢滑行 the plane taxis up to a waiting limousine. 飞机缓缓滑向一辆等在那里的豪华轿车。 ■[with obj.](of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to move in such a way (飞行员)驾驶(飞机)缓慢滑行
take a taxi as a means of transport 乘出租车 I would taxi home and sleep till eight. 我会坐出租车回家,一直睡到八点。
语源
early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab (see taximeter)