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单词 chauffeur
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chauffeur

noun
/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
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  1. a person whose job is to drive a car, especially for somebody rich or important
    • His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside.
    • They were met at the airport by a chauffeur in uniform.
    Extra Examples
    • The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine.
    • He needs someone to act as bodyguard and chauffeur.
    • Her former chauffeur sold his story to a newspaper.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarychauffeur + verb
    • drive (somebody/​something)
    phrases
    • chauffeur-driven
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    Word Originlate 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’.

chauffeur

verb
/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chauffeur
/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
he / she / it chauffeurs
/ˈʃəʊfəz/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːrz/
past simple chauffeured
/ˈʃəʊfəd/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːrd/
past participle chauffeured
/ˈʃəʊfəd/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːrd/
-ing form chauffeuring
/ˈʃəʊfərɪŋ/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːrɪŋ/
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  1. chauffeur somebody to drive somebody in a car, usually as your job
    • He was chauffeured to all his meetings.
    • a chauffeured limousine
    • With young children, you spend a lot of your time chauffeuring them around to all their various activities.
    Word Originlate 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’.
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