taxi

• vi. 乘出租車；滑行
• vt. 使滑行；用出租車送
• n. 出租汽車

縮寫自 taximeter cab,計程馬車，計程車，來自 taximeter,計程表，計價器。

taxi

taxi: [20] Taxi is short for taximeter cab, a term coined around 1890 for a cab fitted with a taximeter, a device for showing the fare to be paid. Taximeter [19] was borrowed from French taximètre, a compound noun formed from taxe ‘charge, tariff’ (a relative of English tax) and mètre ‘meter’.
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taxi (n.)

1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (1890), coined from Medieval Latin taxa "tax, charge."

An earlier English form was taxameter (1894), used in horse-drawn cabs. Taxi dancer "woman whose services may be hired at a dance hall" is recorded from 1930. Taxi squad in U.S. football is 1966, said to be from a former Cleveland Browns owner who gave his reserves jobs with his taxicab company to keep them paid and available ["Dictionary of American Slang"], but other explanations ("short-term hire" or "shuttling back and forth" from the main team) seem possible.

taxi (v.)

1911, of airplanes, from slang use of taxi (n.) for "aircraft," or from or reinforced "in allusion to the way a taxi driver slowly cruises when looking for fares" [Barnhart]. Related: Taxied; taxiing.

1. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers.

出租車司機的抗議使得阿比讓陷入了混亂。

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2. Rude taxi drivers clocked up a total of 239 offences in 1990.

1990年，出租車司機魯莽駕駛導致的違章事件總共達239起。

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3. He was frustrated by his inability to wave down a taxi.

連一輛出租車都打不到，他很沮喪。

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4. I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi.

我踱來踱去仔細思量後叫了一輛出租車。

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5. The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club.

出租車在裏維埃拉俱樂部門口停了下來。

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