[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; NAmEˈtæksi/
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taxitaxisnoun★ _taxi_comp.jpg _taxi1.jpg 1★(alsocab,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2in 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
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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; NAmEˈtæksi/
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taxi1 noun
taxi2 verb
taxitax‧i1 /ˈtæksi/ ●●●S3 noun [countable]
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a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhereSYN cab: They sent me home in a taxi.GRAMMAR: Patterns with taxi• You say get in a taxi: · He got in a taxi and left.✗Don’t say: get on a taxi• You say get out of a taxi: · Two women got out of the taxi.✗Don’t say: get off a taxi• You 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.
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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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