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Taxi Plane ˈtæksi Driver I Noun Car Pay

A taxi is a paid car service for transportation, and as a verb, it describes an aircraft's ground movement.

A taxi is a car with a driver that people pay to take them to a destination. The verb 'taxi' refers to an aircraft moving slowly on the ground.

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[N-COUNT 可数名词]出租车;计程车;的士 A taxi is a car driven by a person whose job is to take people where they want to go in return for money.
  [also by N]
  • The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club...

    出租车在里维埃拉俱乐部门口停了下来。

  • He set off by taxi.

    他打的走了。

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[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(飞机)缓慢滑行 When an aircraft taxis along the ground, or when a pilot taxis a plane somewhere, it moves slowly along the ground.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n prep/adv]
  [Also V]
  • She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff...

    她发出指令,允许飞机滑行入位,准备起飞。

  • The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway.

    飞行员将飞机滑行到了跑道尽头。


Oxford taxi / ˈtæksi ; NAmE ˈtæksi /
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noun _taxi_comp.jpg _taxi1.jpg 1 ( also cab , taxi·cab ) a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxisusually have meterswhich show how much money you have to pay. 出租汽车;计程车;的士 a taxi driver/ride 出租汽车司机;乘出租车出行 We'd better take a taxi. 我们最好乘出租车。 I came home by taxi. 我是坐出租车回家的。 to order/hail/call a taxi 要╱招呼╱叫出租车 2 in some places in Africa, a small bus with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxisusually have fixed routes and stop wherever passengers need to get on or off. (非洲某些地方行走固定路线、乘客可随时上下的)小公共汽车,小巴士 see also
dala-dala
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matatu
verb ( taxi·ing , tax·ied , tax·ied ) [intransitive ] (of a plane 飞机 ) to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing (起飞前或降落后在地面上)滑行 taxi / ˈtæksi ; NAmE ˈtæksi /
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taxi1 noun
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taxitax‧i1 /ˈtæksi/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]
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a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere SYN  cab:  They sent me home in a taxi.GRAMMAR: Patterns with taxiYou say get in a taxi: · He got in a taxi and left. Don’t say: get on a taxiYou say get out of a taxi: · Two women got out of the taxi. Don’t say: get off a taxiYou say that someone is in a taxi: · I read my notes while I was in the taxi.You go somewhere by taxi: · She goes everywhere by taxi.COLLOCATIONSverbstake/get a taxi· We took a taxi to the hotel.go/come/arrive by taxi· I went back home by taxi.hail a taxi (=wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in)· I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.phone for/call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come)· Can you phone for a taxi and I'll get our coats.call somebody a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come for someone else)· Call me a taxi, would you?get into/out of a taxi· He got into a taxi outside the station.taxi + NOUNa taxi ride· The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.a taxi fare· She couldn't afford the £18 taxi fare.a taxi driver· He paid the taxi driver and got out.a taxi service· We operate a taxi service to and from the airport.a taxi rank British English, a taxi stand American English (=a place where taxis wait for customers)· There's a taxi rank just outside the hotel.
taxi1 noun
taxi2 verb
taxitaxi2 verb (past tense and past participle taxied, present participle taxiing, third person singular taxis or taxies) [intransitive]
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if a plane taxis, it moves along the ground before taking off or after landing:  The plane taxied to a halt.
WDF

taxi

[ˈtæksi]taxied, taxiing, taxies

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taxis[1244]
出租车(98%),用出租车运送(1%),乘计程车(1%)
n.出租汽车
vt.使滑行;用出租车送
vi.乘出租车;滑行

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