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单词 chauffeur
释义 chauf·feur
I. \ˈshōfə(r); (ˈ)shō|fər, +V -|fər.; (ˈ)shō|fə̄, +V -|fər. also -|fə̄r\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: French, literally, stoker, from chauffer to heat, warm + -eur -er
1. : one that is employed to operate a motor vehicle for the transportation of persons or property
2. : one that transports (as persons) by operating a motor vehicle
 < to be chauffeur for a group of friends who could not drive >
II. verb
(chauffeured ; chauffeured ; chauffeuring \-_f(ə)riŋ, -|fər.iŋ also -|fə̄riŋ\ ; chauffeurs)
intransitive verb
: to do the work of a chauffeur
 < chauffeur for a livelihood >
transitive verb
1. : to transport in the manner of a chauffeur
 < has time to garden, chauffeur the kids to school, and sleep — Bernard Kalb >
 < at twelve I chauffeured him around the country — C.A.Lindbergh b. 1902 >
2.
 a. : to operate (as an automobile) as chauffeur
  < chauffeur a sporty town car for a crippled relative >
  < chauffeuring a plane for a millionaire candy magnate — Newsweek >
 b. : to operate (a motor vehicle) by means of a chauffeur
  < two company cars, both chauffeured — Pearl Buck >
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