taxi

taxi
(pl. taxis)
  1. 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 taxying)
[no obj., with adverbial of direction]
  1. (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
  2. 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
  1. early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab (see taximeter)
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