| 单词 | bicycle taxi |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbicycle taxi bicycle taxi n. a bicycle or similar pedal-powered vehicle used to carry paying passengers; esp. a pedicab. ΚΠ 1934 Oak Leaves (Oak park, Illinois) 11 Oct. 12/1 Nicestro..had the distinction of operating the first bicycle taxi in the village. 1940 Washington Post 22 Oct. 8/3 In Amsterdam, this couple is using a bicycle taxi on the way to church. 2011 A. Stevens Restorer xxi. 196 The bicycle taxi slowed to a crawl while his excited passengers snapped pictures with their cell phones. bicycle taxi b. A boat or other vehicle used in the same way as a taxi (sense 1a). Often with modifying word indicating the mode of transport, as bicycle taxi, water taxi, etc.air taxi: see the first element, and cf. sense 2b. For similar uses of taxi as the first element in compounds, see Compounds 1b. ΚΠ 1909 Flight 2 Jan. 14/1 In the aeroplane we have something new, something that is not standardised down, and commercialised so far as to have aero-taxis and aero-buses. 1927 W. O. Krohn In Borneo Jungle (1991) i. 23 Sampans are used as little ferries or taxis. 1952 W. Ley in C. Ryan Across Space Frontier 114 The space station..is always spinning, and obviously it cannot be stopped just to enable a space taxi to enter one of the turrets. 1965 Washington Post 8 Jan. D5/3 Fly in..to an airstrip..two miles away from Green Turtle by boat taxi. 2005 Cosmopolitan Aug. 242/2 Every morning we took the free boat taxi across to a small deserted island across the bay. < as lemmas |
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