一、详细释义:
n.
汽车 [C]
例句:
Years ago people had to crank the engine of a car to start it.
多年以前人们必须转动曲柄发动汽车引擎。
例句:
When the car crashed, the police diverted the traffic.
当那辆车撞坏时,警察就让车辆改道。
车厢;吊厢,吊舱 [C]
例句:
I had to cross a number of coaches to reach the dining car.
我得穿过好几节车厢才到餐车。
例句:
We'll interview everybody in this car and the next.
我们要查问这节车厢和隔壁车厢里所有的人。
二、词义辨析:
car,bus,truck,lorry,coach,automobile,jeep,carriage,waggon
这些名词都与“车”有关。car多指乘坐人的小汽车或轿车。bus一般指公共汽车或大型客车。truck与lorry同义,都指卡车或货车,前者为美国用词,后者用于英国。coach原义指四轮马车,现指轿式汽车,长途公共汽车,还可指火车设有卧铺的车厢。automobile是汽车的总称。jeep吉普车,指一种小型轻便、适合在崎岖路面或野外使用的车子。carriage指马车,两匹或两匹以上马拉的四轮马。waggon指四轮运货马车或牛车,也指铁路的无盖货车。
三、相关短语:
baggage car
n.(铁路)行李车厢,(铁路)邮件车厢
cable car
n.<美>(电)缆车
car race
汽车比赛,赛车
car sickness
n. 晕车
electric car
n. 电动车,电力驱动车
freight car
铁路货车,货车车厢
passenger car
n. 客车
race car
赛车,比赛用的汽车
railroad car
n. 有轨电车
railway car
铁路车厢
scout car
n. 警察巡逻车
四、参考例句:
The car reversed out.
汽车倒退了出去。
The car is brown.
这辆车是棕色的。
The car suddenly accelerated.
汽车突然加速。
The car is fixed.
汽车修好了。
Where's my car?
我的小汽车在哪里?
The car leaks oil.
这辆车漏油。
Car horns blared.
汽车喇叭响了。
The car broke down.
汽车坏了。
Where is my car?
我的小汽车在哪里?
Their car broke down.
他们的车子出故障了。