| 单词 | car |
| 释义 | car (kɑːʳ ) Word forms: cars 1. countable noun [oft by NOUN] A1 A car is a motor vehicle with room for a small number of passengers. He had left his tickets in his car. They arrived by car. Synonyms: vehicle, motor, wheels [informal], auto [US] 2. countable noun B2 A car is one of the separate sections of a train. [US] Tour buses have replaced railway cars. Synonyms: (railway) carriage, coach, cable car, dining car 3. countable noun Railway carriages are called cars when they are used for a particular purpose. [British] He made his way into the dining car for breakfast. 4. See also cable car Collocations: car cruises A police car cruises by without stopping. Times, Sunday Times A car cruises down a lonely highway at night in the pouring rain. Times, Sunday Times The car cruises quietly and quickly. Times, Sunday Times It also runs pharmacies, funeral parlours, solicitors, farms and even a car dealership. The Sun (2012) There were whispers of an impending offer for a car dealership. Times, Sunday Times (2010) But that is a long time in the life of a car dealership. Times, Sunday Times (2009) One member of the church owns a car dealership and sometimes offers its repair facilities for more demanding repairs. Christianity Today (2000) These middlemen claim to have bulging books of new car dealership contacts, enabling them to find the cheapest deals. Times, Sunday Times (2012) His face softened, and he tried, foolishly, to open the car door without awakening her. THE SCAR (2002) Mr Golightly stood for some minutes by the open car door, straightening out a dog-ear from a page of Vol. MR GOLIGHTLY'S HOLIDAY (2003) The engine stopped, the car door slammed, followed by the click of leather heels (dress shoes for the funeral) on the garage floor. DOLL'S EYES (2004) When the driver got out again they would take some charge with them, which is why you can get an electric shock when touching a car door. Times, Sunday Times (2007) With the feeding bottle in her hand she ran towards the van, leaving the car door flung open behind her. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE The no-frills airline gave back 12p to 15.53, while the maker of catalytic converters to cut car emissions eased 14p to 33.27. Times, Sunday Times The firm said platinum, used in catalytic converters, would remain in demand as countries clamped down on car emissions. The Sun Harmful industrial and car emissions we know about, but there are new potential threats we are only beginning to understand. Times,Sunday Times In cities this smoke mingles with dust, construction fumes and car emissions to form smog. Times,Sunday Times The former has finally put the focus on the latter and the chasm across all carmakers between lab-certified car emissions and on-road reality. Times, Sunday Times Suddenly their car engine and lights cut out and a 100ft-wide, oval-shaped object hovered 500ft above the road. The Sun (2009) It's got car instruments and car brakes, a car airbag and a car engine with car fuel consumption. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Blood flows round the body continuously, releasing oxygen and absorbing carbon dioxide which is a waste product - like the exhaust from a car engine. Coping with Angina (1990) The education system is represented by the car engine. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The ignition had been switched on but by the time they were discovered the car engine had stopped running. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This rise has largely been the result of the use of lead in car exhaust. The Family Nutrition Workbook (1988) High pressure in the upper atmosphere has acted like a car exhaust, venting waste air from the top of the storm. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Suicide resulting from breathing car exhaust fumes results from carbon monoxide poisoning. Lower Your Blood Pressure in 4 Easy Stages (1989) Having started with low-sulphur petrol, the business has switched to making car fuel from rapeseed oil. Times, Sunday Times (2010) It's got car instruments and car brakes, a car airbag and a car engine with car fuel consumption. Times, Sunday Times (2013) The car fuel for the future has to be diesel. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Is masculinity really the aroma of a car interior? Times, Sunday Times Some of the simulators are embedded to a real car interior and users experience real life conditions during the simulation. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By the standards of basic human habitation, car interiors are in another league and only demean themselves by alluding to aviation. Times, Sunday Times It's brilliant for car interiors and carpet spillages, even if the suction spout and bagless dust compartment are rather too small for serious cleaning. Times, Sunday Times The elimination of stray, vibration-induced noises from car interiors was a lifelong battle with him, and one that his era destined him to lose. Times, Sunday Times He scratched the rear left panel of the car with a car key, a scratch 35cm long. Times, Sunday Times Or operate the central locking fob on your car key, or light a cigarette, or shake hands with someone in the street. The Sun Could this be the world's blingiest car key? The Sun Good news for the forgetful: you need never lose your car key again, thanks to this wireless key fob. Times, Sunday Times Car key fobs are now packed with technology. Times, Sunday Times Is a 1.7-mile car lane really the start of a brave new world? The Sun There are two lounges on the lower passenger level that are on each side of the overheight car lane. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Car lanes were narrowed across nine city blocks to free up roads for benches, squares and urban gardens that proved popular among residents. Times,Sunday Times Cycle lanes and footpaths are separated from car lanes by trees: no chance of car-cycle accidents here. Times, Sunday Times The upper deck carries six car lanes, while the lower deck carries two train tracks. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 If they have special needs - tuition, help with a car loan, a bit extra for home renovations - they can 'apply for funding'. Times, Sunday Times He has no investments and no debt beyond a car loan with a few months to run. Times, Sunday Times But now take the average consumer couple, with a mortgage, a credit card, perhaps a car loan. Times, Sunday Times Debts 115 a month on a car loan. Times, Sunday Times Like the mortgage market, sub-prime car loan companies package up loans and sell them to financial investors. Times, Sunday Times No other car maker has taken a clear position on this like us. Times, Sunday Times (2015) And remember, an extended warranty is essentially an insurance policy rather than a guarantee along the lines of the original car maker's warranty. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The Italian car maker is having one last roll of the dice. Times, Sunday Times (2016) No other car maker can do this. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Often one car maker will fit badges from another to throw automotive paparazzi off the scent. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Naturally they must be supplied by the state-owned car manufacturer. Times, Sunday Times There's nothing a car manufacturer likes more than a good superlative. Times, Sunday Times At the headquarters of a car manufacturer, a very small skeleton team remained in a huge open-plan office. Times,Sunday Times Last year the car manufacturer allowed real people to access its website to create adverts for its new gas guzzler. Times, Sunday Times But it has not always been plain sailing for the car manufacturer. Times, Sunday Times With no family income, he was forced to find work in a bicycle shop and as a car mechanic. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Are you a car mechanic looking to slow down a gear? Times, Sunday Times (2016) A former car mechanic, he made millions from the used-motor trade before going into property development. The Sun (2017) What a glorious time to be a car owner. The Sun The other car owner lodged a claim for nearly 30,000, including whiplash injuries to the driver and two passengers. Times, Sunday Times Councillors outlawed the sport after the car owner claimed compensation. The Sun The car owner or the manufacturer? The Sun The website has a trip calculator and a car owner calculator so you can directly compare the cost of a few trips with owning your own car outright. Times, Sunday Times That includes car parking and access to a debenture holders' restaurant. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Up to 1,000 homes with underground car parking will be built. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It will make their business more profitable and is likely to lead to more cameras to catch motorists in car parking areas. Times, Sunday Times (2012) And put the car parking underground. Times, Sunday Times (2016) This is not what car parking charges should be used for. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The most popular subject was business and administration with 311,190 - more than four times that of traditional subjects such as manufacturing and car repair. The Sun Without the distraction of an expensive car repair to think about, both groups performed equally well. Times, Sunday Times Dotted among cosy bars, old-school corner shops and car repair garages, it's an intriguing mix of grit, glamour and mind-boggling views. Times, Sunday Times In turn, the car repair industry would have to double the number of technicians it trained every year to satisfy the market. Times,Sunday Times I'd been setting money aside to cover any energy debt, but was forced to use the spare sum for a car repair. The Sun On the other end of the line, the car rolls off for service. Christianity Today He puts the cruiser into drive, and the car rolls forward. Times, Sunday Times A car rolls by on pillars of wet light. Christianity Today The same components may cross borders several times before the car rolls off the production line. Times, Sunday Times The driver leaps from the vehicle so quickly he doesn't have time to put on the handbrake and the car rolls slowly forward. The Sun In addition to car sales and aftercare, the group provides body repairs and also runs a parts business. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Last year was a tricky one for the motor trade, with car sales coming in 4 per cent lower at 1.94 million. Times, Sunday Times (2012) I recently saw a car sales forecourt transform to van sales only. The Sun (2014) Japanese car sales suffered a record slump last month after the earthquake and tsunami brought areas of the country to a halt. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The company is still in talks with the government about loan guarantees to help it through the worst of the current slump in car sales. Times, Sunday Times (2009) She swerves to avoid a shadowy figure in the gloom and the car skids out of control. Times, Sunday Times Fans are given a sense of the wind rushing by and if the car skids on a slick road the audience might be sprayed with mist. Times, Sunday Times To drive more safely you need to know the rules, not the coefficient of dynamic friction between rubber and asphalt that determines whether a car skids or slows. Times, Sunday Times The first time a car skids on it, he pays a certain amount of attention, but by the time of the second impact he has already turned away. The Times Literary Supplement The adults get out before the car slides backwards into the lake. The Sun The car slides on with a worrying lurch. Times, Sunday Times Plus there's a three-stage electronic stability control that can be set to ensure that on the limit the car slides a little, a lot or not at all. Times, Sunday Times The car slides along the road on its roof and eventually stops. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The car slows down then speeds up, stops and accelerates. The Times Literary Supplement You barely notice as the autonomous car slows down or speeds up, except when it brakes quickly — and then apologises to explain why. Times, Sunday Times Drivers can adjust the rate of regenerative braking to charge the batteries when the car slows. Times, Sunday Times But it feels as if you've actually touched the brakes as the car slows down. The Sun The car slows to 70mph. Times, Sunday Times So they have introduced cameras which distinguish foreign number plates and alert the nearest police patrol when a car speeds past. The Sun The door slams, the car speeds off. Times, Sunday Times The car speeds down the country road with the police car chasing it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 One driver, shaken and angry, watches as the offending car speeds away without its driver acknowledging or apologising for the near miss. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 After some time, a car speeds through their roadblock but doesn't make it far because the wire stopped it. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He turned and took a pen from the desk and wrote on the edge of a flier about car theft. SNOWJOB (1993) This is how car theft will be from now on. Times, Sunday Times (2013) It is possible that there is some displacement from car theft as a result of security deterrence. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Auto criminals are no longer so interested in car theft. The Sun (2010) The run- of-the-mill work was petty crime, shoplifting, car theft. Times, Sunday Times (2015) So he made one from an inner tube [of a car tyre] and took it to clubs. Times, Sunday Times Unsure how to change a car tyre or construct a set of shelves? Times,Sunday Times They expanded the technology to produce a harder-wearing radial car tyre. The Sun A car tyre would apply a force of about 100 newtons if running over it on a dirt surface, the researchers estimated. Times,Sunday Times Grooves are similar to the tread on a car tyre and disperse grass and water, providing a cleaner strike of the ball. Times, Sunday Times Other pitches include a musical with no lyrics and a clip-on car wheel cleaner. Times, Sunday Times I thought it was just a car wheel spinning. Times, Sunday Times Some showed the backs of people's heads and others featured close-ups of a car wheel, a registration plate and a carriage light. The Sun He claimed to be incapable of changing a car wheel. Times, Sunday Times After she rejected a present from him, she found her car wheel damaged. Times, Sunday Times The staff continued to stare at him through the car windshield. Christianity Today To remove the residual glue, use a car windshield cleaner. Houston Chronicle He eventually succeeds in blowing off her cybernetic arm and knocking her into a car windshield. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The then 25-year-old was thrown off his bike and hit the car windshield, breaking his arm. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Clarity can also be enhanced by filling the fracture much like a car windshield crack can be treated. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But when the police arrive, she plays innocent, insisting she was merely driving past when she saw the car wreck. The Sun The event may have been a war, a flood, a car wreck, a business failure, or a unique spiritual event. Christianity Today It's a fabulous car wreck, like trolling the past. Times, Sunday Times And then, finally, as the credits roll - and you realise that you are, once again, free - euphoria as great as if you'd just climbed out of a car wreck. Times, Sunday Times I recognised your car wreck over there. Times, Sunday Times If it’s the most common type of asteroid, then it’s probably smaller than a compact car. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 With this cover, if you damage the car, you'll still have to pay an excess — normally between 450 and 1,800 for a compact car. Times, Sunday Times It starts at 1,255pp based on two sharing and includes flights, accommodation (room only), compact car hire and a travel pack with a full itinerary with blues clubs. Times, Sunday Times So it's the affordable, compact car that's perfect for ducking and diving through congested suburban school run routes and it won't leave you stranded halfway home. Times, Sunday Times He said the head has the diameter of a tire on a compact car. canada.com The redesigned dummy will be subjected to a new full-frontal crash test in which a car is driven at 30mph into a concrete wall. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He also failed to tell cops who was driving the car. The Sun (2016) I remember dropping my van off and driving the car off the forecourt. Times, Sunday Times (2017) After the price of oil surged in 2008, consumers were looking for a more fuel efficient car without sacrificing peak power. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Motor manufacturers are reporting a shift to smaller, more efficient cars, but people do not seem to be adapting their lifestyles to drive less. Times, Sunday Times At the same time, the recession and more efficient cars have led to a drop in demand. Times, Sunday Times It suggests that drivers buying the most efficient cars, which already pay no road tax in the first year, could qualify for grants. Times, Sunday Times As well as driving less, and using more efficient cars, motorists appear less keen to stand out from the crowd when on the road. Times, Sunday Times Research suggests that the electric car revolution is taking so long to get into gear that it could lose out to the next technology. Times, Sunday Times (2013) She added that a further crash test would be carried out on another electric car classed as a quadricycle. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He claimed to have run some of us off the road while test-driving a new ultra-quiet electric car. Times, Sunday Times (2017) People think that if you're a car enthusiast you have something against electric cars. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The electric car industry has a vested interest in making this work because there will be more cars using electricity from a finite number of power supplies. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I don't have a fancy car and don't shop expensively. The Sun It was a very fancy car for me. Times, Sunday Times Thankfully a pal was on hand to help as she clambered up and into her fancy car. The Sun I don't care about having a big fancy car, or going to fancy parties. Times, Sunday Times Sure, he still loves a fancy car and a good watch, but that's not what drives him - it's seeing how he can make a success of something. Times, Sunday Times Convenience friends help you fix your car or water your tomato plants when you are on vacation, and you do the same for them. Christianity Today Remember, you have to find out how the pieces work together before you can fix the car. Christianity Today And he was always ready to drive across town and help me fix my car when it wouldn't start. Christianity Today How hard can it be to type out 'tyre' to 'fix a car'? The Sun He claimed he was going to a police station but after stopping at a garage to fix his car he never made it. The Sun I have a successful online business and a flash car. The Sun Our whole conversation revolved around him, his big house and flash car. The Sun I was starting to move on when he got in contact to tell me he'd inherited some money and bought a flash car. The Sun Fifty years ago, it would have been a flash car; twenty years ago, a private jet. Times, Sunday Times He never arrived in a flash car or waved his money about. The Sun You can just load the car and go - just don't forget to leave space for souvenirs and hypermarket visits. Times, Sunday Times As the mechanics jumped from the lorry and prepared to load the car on and take it away, she held her head in her hands in despair. The Sun Minutes later, coughing and struggling to load their car on an empty forecourt, they were accosted by the same official and vengefully told to move on. Times, Sunday Times As the car load increases on the bag it rolls down the cone and this in turn increases the air pressure in the bag. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 On board was a cargo considing of most of a rail car load of canned carrots. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Harare's luxury car dealers say business has seldom been so good. Times, Sunday Times (2006) A woman has been jailed after admitting that her luxury car dealership was a front for a massive fraud operation worth 9 million. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Rather than merely selling cars, many luxury car manufacturers are offering experiences to enjoy the vehicles in exotic locations around the globe. Times, Sunday Times (2017) Mercedes has fired the first salvo in a battle between luxury car makers. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It didn't get to be the world's biggest and most profitable luxury car marque without knowing a thing or two about making fancy motors. Times, Sunday Times (2010) They feared the store was about to close and so blocked an oncoming car. The Sun Instead, they followed close behind but were powerless as he pulled out in front of an oncoming car. The Sun I was always clipping the curb or, worse, the wing mirror of an oncoming car. Times, Sunday Times I stepped off the pavement into the path of an oncoming car - only for the driver to wave me across with a cheerful thumbs-up. The Sun Luckily, the oncoming car brakes and you manage to return to your lane in one piece. Times, Sunday Times It takes an hour just to pack the car. Times, Sunday Times So, putting aside any thoughts of school, we'll pack the car and head for the ferry. Times, Sunday Times Some were so panicked that they packed their cars and moved westwards. Times, Sunday Times Whenever he was packing the car, he'd always make sure he'd got his wooden mallet. Times, Sunday Times For some it means packing the car to the gunwales and heading to the family's second home. Times, Sunday Times A puddle of oil under a parked car simply meant that someone had stolen its oil filter. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Jarvis and Peter watched as they poured some liquid over a parked car, then stepped back and set it aflame. THE CRASH OF HENNINGTON (2002) After three circuits she struck lucky and saw someone just climbing into the driving seat of a parked car. DEATH AND TRANSFIGURATION (2002) An elderly man in a parked car, sipping tea from a flask, was the only visitor we encountered. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Most private rail car owners love to show off their historic vehicles. Smithsonian Each item had to be removed from a truck or rail car and moved into a warehouse. Smithsonian Mag Soon after, the motorized rail car finished its journey. Houston Chronicle One rail car rammed into a lumberyard building. Houston Chronicle A state-of-the-art, computer-controlled automated truck and rail car loading system was unveiled. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That car ride home would be a very jolly journey. The Sun But there's no such thing as a free car ride. Times, Sunday Times In reality, there's a teacup ride, a gentle car ride and a hopper ride, which goes up, then down. Times, Sunday Times Sounds include a car ride, classical music, conch shell, and ultrasound of the womb. Times, Sunday Times Luxury was a car ride before the sun came up. Times, Sunday Times It's the missing link between the all-too-sensible road car and the flame-spitting rally car. The Sun (2017) But we have reached a point where a road car simply cannot handle the potency of the engine under the bonnet. Times, Sunday Times (2012) It was also the first road car to have front disc brakes. The Sun (2014) It was the first mass-produced road car to have four-wheel drive and a turbocharged engine. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Deliveries of the quattro road car began in late 1980. Times, Sunday Times (2006) I was recently chased by criminals who wanted to steal my car. Times, Sunday Times I was worried that he was going to steal my car. The Sun Anyone misguided enough to try to steal his car would probably find himself temporarily blinded by 'disco smoke' that fills the garage within minutes. Times, Sunday Times I had to beg, borrow, and steal a car to get back. Christianity Today The robber managed to steal a car, but crashed into five other vehicles and was arrested shortly after. Times, Sunday Times The unsuspecting buyer is then presented with a registration document that matches the stolen car. Times, Sunday Times (2010) He then fled with his lookout and another accomplice in a stolen car. The Sun (2008) A youth had fled a stolen car and officers chased him into a derelict warehouse. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The first investigation focuses on the death of a family man killed by a hit-and-run driver in a stolen car. The Sun (2006) Dennis stopped the car and said, creatively, `Look, Elizabeth, the bay is its usual brilliant turquoise. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE My husband stopped the car, left indicator flashing. Times, Sunday Times (2008) He stopped the car at the entrance to the lot, and stepped out to survey the bizarre spectacle of animal playtime. THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2002) When the van owner attempted to stop the car, the driver ran over and killed him. Times, Sunday Times (2012) The biblical image of reconciliation goes far beyond being a sanctified subway car to something much more beautiful-namely, a reconciled community. Christianity Today Today, those conversations on a crowded subway car would hardly elicit a second glance. Globe and Mail Party-goers don costumes, decorate the subway car, bring musical instruments and sometimes the parties have a theme. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Pictures included a destroyed subway car with a green screen backdrop, soldiers inspecting a radioactive vault and wreckage on a shoreline. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Top-to-bottoms, works which span the entire height of a subway car, made their first appearance around this time as well. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All four grabbed him and forced him into an unmarked car. Times, Sunday Times The trio were intercepted by the officers' unmarked car soon afterwards on a narrow lane. The Sun Nine officers, some with handguns, put him in the back of a waiting unmarked car. The Sun He sped away when the cops in an unmarked car signalled the suspect motor to pull over. The Sun His house was watched from an unmarked car. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 小汽车 Japanese: 自動車 |
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