单词 | car |
释义 | car n.   1. (in full motor car) a road vehicle with an enclosed passenger compartment, powered by an internal-combustion engine.   2. (in comb.) a a wheeled vehicle, esp. of a specified kind (tramcar). b a railway carriage of a specified type (dining-car).   3. US any railway carriage or van.   4. the passenger compartment of a lift, cableway, balloon, etc.   5. poet. a wheeled vehicle; a chariot. Phrases and idioms car bomb a terrorist bomb concealed in or under a parked car. car-boot sale an outdoor sale at which participants sell unwanted possessions from the boots of their cars. car coat a short coat designed esp. for car drivers. car park an area for parking cars. car phone a radio-telephone for use in a motor vehicle. Derivatives carful n. (pl. -fuls). Etymology: ME f. AF & ONF carre ult. f. L carrum, carrus, of OCelt. orig. |
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