英语词汇“cab-rank principle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

cab-rank principle

释义

cab¹ /kab/

noun

A taxi-cab
A compartment for the driver or operator of a lorry, railway locomotive, crane, etc
A light, usu two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage for public hire (historical). See also hansom

intransitive verb (informal, chiefly US)

To take or drive a taxi-cab

ORIGIN: Shortened from cabriolet

cabbˈy or cabbˈie noun

A familiar dimin of cabˈ-driver a taxi driver, or of cabˈman a person who drives a horse-drawn cab

cabˈ-rank or cabˈ-stand noun

A place where cabs stand for hire

cabˈ-rank principle or cabˈ-rank rule noun (informal; law)

A rule requiring barristers to take the first case offered to them, regardless of their opinion of it

cabˈ-runner or cabˈ-tout noun

A person whose business it is to call cabs

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