| 单词 | chauffeur |
| 释义 | chauffeur (once / 1091 pages) vn Do you pay someone to drive you around? Then you have a private chauffeur. Chauffeur literally means "operator of a steam engine" in French, but they used it as a nickname for the first motorists who drove steam engine cars. Today chauffeurs are just the guys you pay to drive you around, like the chauffeur of a limo. Chauffeur can also be used as a verb: once you get your driver's license, your parents will be happy to not have to chauffeur you back and forth to school. WORD FAMILYchauffeur: chauffeured, chauffeuring, chauffeurs USAGE EXAMPLESDuring his visit this summer, some hundred black Mercedes sedans and Range Rovers were waiting to chauffeur the royal party around town. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) Raised for stardom, the sisters attended private schools and were chauffeured to acting, dancing, music and fencing classes. Seattle Times(Dec 18, 2016) Tudyk: “He thinks of me as dead weight or as his chauffeur because I do fly the spaceship which is pretty cool.” Seattle Times(Dec 15, 2016) 1v drive someone in a vehicle Syn|Hyper drive around drive cause someone or something to move by driving 2n a man paid to drive a privately owned car Hypo|Hyper chauffeuse a woman chauffeur driver the operator of a motor vehicle |
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