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英音 /'ɔːtəməbiːl/ 美音 /ˌɔtəmə'bil/ 四级考研雅思 Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary au·to·mo·bile
\\ˈȯ-tə-mō-ˌbēl, ˌȯ-tə-mō-ˈbēl, ˌȯ-tə-ˈmō-ˌbēl\\ adjective ETYMOLOGY French, from aut- + mobile
DATE 1883
: automotive noun DATE circa 1889
: a usually four-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation • automobile intransitive verb• au·to·mo·bil·ist
\\-ˈbē-list, -ˌbē-\\ noun
automobile
1883, in ref. to electric traction cars, from Fr. automobile (adj.), 1861, from Gk. autos "self" + Fr. mobile "moving," from L. mobilis "movable." Meaning "self-propelled motor vehicle" is from 1895, from Fr., short for véhicule automobile. The modern Gk. calls it autokineto "moved of itself." The Fr. word had competition in the early years from locomobile; in Eng. other early forms were motorcar and autocar.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 automobile
auto·mo·bile / 5C:tEmEbi:l / noun (NAmE) a car
汽车:
the automobile industry
汽车工业
an automobile accident
车祸
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: automobile insurance , or automobile liability insurance , or automobile sled , or automobile-weed , or automobile wrench
automobileI. automobile \ like next\ adjectiveEtymology: French, from aut- + mobile: automotive II. au·to·mo·bile \ˌȯd.əmōˈbēl, ˌȯtəm-, ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ also ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmōˌbēl or | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_mə|bēl sometimes | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|bil or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmōbəl or ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈmōˌbil\ noun( -s) Etymology: French, from automobile, adjective : a usually 4-wheeled automotive vehicle designed for passenger transportation on streets and roadways and commonly propelled by an internal-combustion engine using a volatile fuel (as gasoline) — called also car or especially Brit. motorcarIII. automobile intransitive verb( -ed/-ing/-s) : to ride in or drive an automobile
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