taxi中文

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taxi
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◙ (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 或 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 )