单词 | chauffeur |
释义 | chauffeurn.ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle automobilist1896 motorist1896 autoist1899 chauffeur1899 motor-carist1899 motor driver1902 jockey1912 drive1999 1899 Motor-car World Oct. 3/1 The French ‘chauffeur’, Béconnais. 1901 Daily News 16 Feb. 6/1 Whilst automobilists in Great Britain have perhaps been saved from the ‘racing fever’.., the French chauffeur has in part been encouraged in his rashness. 1903 Lady's Realm Apr. 684/1 All the members of the Italian Royal Family are enthusiastic chauffeurs. 2. A professional or paid driver of a private motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > chauffeur chauffeur1902 shover1905 1902 Westm. Gaz. 5 Aug. 1/3 As to the driver, ‘chauffeur’ seems at present to hold the field. 1905 C. N. Williamson & A. M. Williamson (title) My Friend the Chauffeur. 1906 (title) The Chauffeur's Blue Book. Compounds chauffeur-driven adj.; also appositively, as chauffeur-handyman. ΚΠ 1934 J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra (1935) iv. 93 The women got out of chauffeur-driven..cars. 1937 E. Garnett Family from One End St. v. 85 A large Packard, chauffeur-driven. 1953 ‘N. Blake’ Dreadful Hollow 46 A job as chauffeur-handyman at the Hall. Derivatives chauffeuse n. /ˈʃəʊfɜːz//ʃoføz/ a female chauffeur. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > driver or operator of vehicle > [noun] > driver of motor vehicle > chauffeur > female chauffeuse1903 1903 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 7/2. 1903 Motor Ann. 73 A skilful chauffeuse. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 May 4/7 The goggles of the chauffeuse with which our ladies blind themselves. 1970 P. Moyes Who saw her Die? ix. 123 Lady Balaclava..signing on as part-time chauffeuse to Members of the Government. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). chauffeurv. transitive. To drive (a vehicle) as a chauffeur; to convey (a person) by car. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > transport or convey in a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > by wheeled vehicle > in a motor car run1701 motor1896 chauffeur1917 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > as chauffeur chauffeur1917 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 111 Occasionally the Flying Corps officer is able to substitute an excursion by air..if..a bus of the type already flown by him must be chauffeured across the Channel. 1923 R. D. Paine Comrades Rolling Ocean iii. 44 I can chauffeur anything with an engine in it. 1929 ‘C. Walt’ Love in Chicago ix. 100 Lefty chauffeurs me around in my Rolls-Royce. 1938 Manch. Guardian 12 May 20/1 I..had to chauffeur him down. Derivatives ˈchauffeured adj. supplied with or driven by a chauffeur. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > movement of vehicles > [adjective] > driven by chauffeur (of car) chauffeured1937 1937 ‘J. Bell’ Murder in Hosp. xv. 297 Dick's ancient..car, which stood brazenly among the chauffeured Daimlers. 1965 N. Freeling Criminal Conversat. i. xvii. 93 They belonged to the chauffeured stratum of society. ˈchauffeuring n. the work of a chauffeur; driving. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > [noun] > driving or operating a motor vehicle > as a chauffeur chauffeuring1923 shoving1932 1923 W. J. Locke Moordius & Co. xxi. 289 He could tell all chauffeuring Grasse how he had beaten the record to Paris. 1938 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Sept. 572/2 It [sc. taxi-driving] seems to be very much worse paid than private chauffeuring. 1964 G. Sims Terrible Door xx. 105 A gardener who did some chauffeuring was not immediately available. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899v.1917 |
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