| 释义 |
‖ sherut|ʃeɪˈruːt|
Also sheirut.
[Heb., lit. ‘service’.]
In Israel, a large taxi shared by several passengers.
1950G. Mikes Milk & Honey 91 Between the two [bus and taxi] there is the communal taxi, the sherut. 1968P. Durst Badge of Infamy xiv. 133 He flagged down a sherut, one of the ramshackle taxi-cum-buses which plied between Haifa and Tel Aviv. 1977H. Kaplan Damascus Cover (1978) iii. 21 The sheirut drivers, loudly beckoning arriving passengers to share a taxi to Tel Aviv or Jerusalem. 1981Daily Tel. 24 June 11 Jitneys and sheruts should be introduced on the roads to make public transport more efficient. |