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单词 drive-yourself
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drive-yourselfadj.n.

Brit. /ˌdrʌɪvjəˈsɛlf/, /ˌdrʌɪvjɔːˈsɛlf/, /ˌdrʌɪvjʊəˈsɛlf/, U.S. /ˌdraɪvjərˈsɛlf/, /ˌdraɪvjɔrˈsɛlf/, /ˌdraɪvjʊrˈsɛlf/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: drive v., yourself pron.
Etymology: < drive v. + yourself pron.
Originally North American.
A. adj.
Designating a hired car, van, or other vehicle which one drives oneself, as opposed to one with a driver or chauffeur; relating to such vehicles. In later use also: designating a holiday, tour, etc., involving the use of a vehicle (either hired or one's own) that one drives oneself. Cf. self-drive adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [adjective] > hired without driver
drive-yourself1920
self-drive1923
1920 Brit. Columbia Record 15 Mar. 2/4 Dunsmuir Drive Yourself Auto Livery, Ltd.
1926 Times 9 June 15/3 It will act as a holding company controlling State and local ‘drive yourself’ companies throughout the United States.
1929 D. Hammett Red Harvest xviii. 179 I found Dick Foley in a hired drive-yourself Buick.
1959 G. M. Wilson Shadows on Landing viii. 88 The drive-yourself car with David at the wheel.
1971 Daily Mail 16 Jan. 7 (advt.) 7 day drive yourself tour of Ireland with return airfare, hotel & self-drive car.
2018 @nathanialoffer 12 July in twitter.com (accessed 23 Jan. 2020) I helped a mate move from Mandurah to Clarkson..using a drive yourself truck and it only took 1 trip.
B. n.
A hired car, van, or other vehicle which one drives oneself, as opposed to one with a driver or chauffeur. Also similarly: a hired motor-driven boat which one drives oneself. Cf. self-drive n. Now somewhat rare.
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1935 A. B. Toklas Let. 3 Mar. in G. Stein & C. Van Vechten Lett. (2013) 403 It is Sunday morning, our car awaits below (Baby W. has got a drive yourself and with a map we will soon start to drive about Chicago and its environs).
1962 W. H. Murray Maelstrom viii. 109 He would hire a ‘drive-yourself’ at Tarbert.
1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 1 Dec. 31 Barging offers many choices. You can have a drive-yourself, or a large or small hotel-barge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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