单词	chauffeur
释义	chauffeur1 nounchauffeur2 verb chauffeurchauf‧feur1 /ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː $ ˈʃoʊfər, ʃoʊˈfɜːr/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINchauffeur1 Origin: 1800-1900 French ‘person attending to the fire of a steam-driven vehicle, driver’, from chauffer ‘to heat’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce I'll learn to drive and be some film star's chauffeur. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS It was clear that, for the chauffeur at least, cars had priority over women. Mrs Mellor was chauffeur driven to the Rock and taken back by car after having lunch with the boat party. One morning I saw Mrs Goreng's chauffeur grinning as he went about his chore of servicing the jeep. The chauffeur started up, and they moved off. The chauffeur was driving me to my novena yesterday. The chauffeurs know their opera and their composers. Toward afternoon, he rapped on the dividing window and asked the chauffeur to stop. Thesaurus THESAURUS► driver someone who regularly drives, or someone who is driving a car, train, etc at a particular time: · Car drivers now pay more than ever for fuel.· The coach was badly damaged, but the driver was unhurt. ► motorist [usually plural] especially written someone who drives a car – used especially when talking about car drivers in general: · increased taxes on the motorist· Motorists who are caught speeding have to pay a heavy fine. ► chauffeur someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else: · He was picked up by a chauffeur in a limousine. ► trucker American English informal someone who drives a truck: · Mexico has no limit on how many hours truckers can drive daily. ► road hog informal someone who drives dangerously, without considering the safety of other people on the road, for example by not letting other drivers pass: · Some road hogs drive at well below the speed limit, because they want to use their mobile phones. Longman Language Activatorsomeone whose job it is to drive a car, train, etc► driver · The limousine pulled up outside the church and the driver got out.truck/lorry etc driver · A lot of truck drivers stop at this restaurant because it's open all night.cab/taxi/bus etc driver · Harry asked the cab driver to stop outside the store for a couple of minutes while he bought a paper. ► chauffeur someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else: · I'll learn to drive and be some film star's chauffeur.· a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else chauffeur1 nounchauffeur2 verb chauffeurchauffeur2 verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE chauffeur Simple Form Present I, you, we, they chauffeur he, she, it chauffeurs Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they chauffeured Present perfect I, you, we, they have chauffeured he, she, it has chauffeured Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had chauffeured Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will chauffeur Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have chauffeured Continuous Form Present I am chauffeuring he, she, it is chauffeuring you, we, they are chauffeuring Past I, he, she, it was chauffeuring you, we, they were chauffeuring Present perfect I, you, we, they have been chauffeuring he, she, it has been chauffeuring Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been chauffeuring Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be chauffeuring Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been chauffeuring Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I've spent all day chauffeuring the kids around. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another had himself chauffeured around in patrol cars. Diana, driving herself, arrived first, followed 25 minutes later by Prince Charles, who was chauffeured in his Bentley. If they were that rich, they would have been chauffeured. In rich suburbs, kids are insulated and chauffeured everywhere. Or let me chauffeur your kid. So he wasn't chauffeured about in his native city. The children lead sheltered lives, getting chauffeured to and from their prep schools. 1to drive a car for someone as your job2 (also chauffeur somebody ↔ around) to drive someone in your car, especially when you do not want to:  I spent most of the day chauffeuring the kids around.
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