| 单词 | black cab |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblack cab black cab n. a black taxicab; (now usually) (British) a type of taxi, originally and usually (but now not always) black, which may be hailed in the street and can accommodate up to five passengers in the rear, separated from the driver's seat by a partition (officially called Hackney cab); cf. minicab n. ΚΠ 1914 Cosmopolitan May 856/1 A moment later she entered a taxi-cab. ‘Follow that black cab,’ said Kennedy, to our driver. 1971 New Society 16 Sept. 499/3 Drivers of black cabs know they risk losing their licence if they should get into trouble. 1993 I. Welsh Trainspotting 5 We wir here first, Sick Boy sais, opening the taxi door.—Thir's another yin coming. He gestured up the Walk at an advancing black cab. 2009 Private Eye 18 Sept. 22/1 And now they're teaching him how to be a cab driver, driving round London in a black cab. < as lemmas |
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