| 单词 | cab hire |
| 释义 | > as lemmascab hire a. General use as a modifier, as in cab company, cab door, cab hire, cab window, etc.Recorded earliest in cab-boy n. at Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham II. viii. 69 I sent my cab boy (vulgo Tiger) to inquire of the groom, whether it [sc. the horse] was to be sold, and to whom it belonged. 1829 Times 14 Oct. Coach House and extensive Stabling for horses..well adapted for a livery stable-keeper, coach or cab. master. 1840 Morning Post 4 Feb. He lowered the cab window to call a police constable. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xxii. 261 He..opens the cab door. 1890 Speaker 8 Mar. 256/2 Across the garden came the sound of cab-wheels rattling over the distant streets. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 30 Mar. 5/2 All Humber cab-bodies are interchangeable. 1954 Economist 27 Mar. 931/2 If it [sc. the Legislature] fix the rate of cab hire, it must, in justice, fix the extent of cab employment. 2009 Independent 2 Mar. (Life section) 9/2 The good lady in question owned a chip shop and cab company in Nuuk, Greenland. < as lemmas |
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