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单词 driver
释义

driver

noun
 
/ˈdraɪvə(r)/
/ˈdraɪvər/
Idioms
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  1.  
    a person who drives a vehicle
    • a bus/train/taxi driver
    • a car/van driver
    • an ambulance driver
    • a good/careful driver
    • She climbed into the driver's seat.
    • The accident was the other driver's fault.
    • Police have warned drivers to take care in the icy conditions.
    • (British English) a learner driver (= one who has not yet passed a driving test)
    • (North American English) a student driver
    • (British English) a lorry driver
    • (especially North American English) a truck driver
    • What he wanted most was to be a racing driver.
    • The car comes equipped with a driver's airbag.
    • The driver of the other car walked away from the crash with minor cuts and bruises.
    see also back-seat driver, cab driver, co-driver, designated driver, drink-driver, drunk driver, engine driver, learner driver
    Extra Examples
    • a campaign aimed at car drivers to promote walking and cycling
    • Dangerous drivers face imprisonment.
    • She's a good driver.
    • He told the driver to turn back.
    • She was run over by a hit-and-run driver.
    • She's an experienced and careful driver.
    • The ambassador and his driver were both killed in the explosion.
    • The window on the driver's side was open.
    • There are parking places for disabled drivers.
    Topics Transport by car or lorrya1, Jobsa1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • careful
    • good
    • safe
    See full entry
  2. (in golf ) a club with a large head, used for hitting the ball long distances from the teeTopics Sports: ball and racket sportsc2
  3. (computing) software that controls the sending of data between a computer and a piece of equipment that is attached to it, such as a printer
    • I downloaded and installed the drivers.
    Topics Computersc2
  4. one of the main things that influence something or cause it to make progress
    • Housing is a key driver of the economy.
    • Young people are widely perceived as the big pop industry drivers.
  5. see also slave-driver
Idioms
be in the driver’s seat (North American English)
(British English be in the driving seat)
  1. to be the person in control of a situation
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