chauffeur 词态变化
复数: chauffeurs;第三人称单数: chauffeurs;过去式: chauffeured;过去分词: chauffeured;现在分词: chauffeuring;
chauffeur 中文词源
chauffeur 司机词源同chafe, 擦热,加热,-eur, 人。原指早期给火车加煤的人,后用来指司机,特指富人或要人的私人司机。
chauffeur 英文词源
- chauffeur (n.)
- 1896, originally "a motorist," from French chauffeur, literally "stoker," operator of a steam engine, French nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from Old French chaufer "to heat, warm up; to become hot" (see chafe). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. Sense of "professional or paid driver of a private motor car" is from 1902.
The '95 Duryea wagon, which won the Chicago contest Fall, was exhibited at the Detroit Horse Show last week. Charles B. King, treasurer of the American Motor League, acted as "chauffeur," as the French say. ["The Horseless Age," April 1896]
- chauffeur (v.)
- 1902, from chauffeur (n.). Related: Chauffeured; chauffeuring.
chauffeur 英文释义
- 1. a man paid to drive a privately owned car
chauffeur 双语例句
- 1. His chauffeur misread his route and took a wrong turning.
- 他的司机看错路线,拐错了方向。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.
- 有她在那儿还是挺有用的,能开车带他到处跑。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. A uniformed chauffeur identified me among the crowd.
- 一个穿制服的司机在人群中认出了我。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur.
- 他从司机手里抢过手提箱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. a long black chauffeur-driven limousine
- 由专职司机驾驶的黑色豪华加长轿车
来自《权威词典》
chauffeur 实用场景例句
- It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.
- 有她在那儿还是挺有用的,能开车带他到处跑。
柯林斯例句
- He wrested the suitcase from the chauffeur.
- 他从司机手里抢过手提箱。
柯林斯例句
- a long black chauffeur-driven limousine
- 由专职司机驾驶的黑色豪华加长轿车
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- She has a chauffeur - driven limousine.
- 她有一辆由私人司机开的豪华轿车.
《简明英汉词典》
- The chauffeur turned the sedan about.
- 司机把轿车掉头.
《简明英汉词典》
- His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.
- 他的前任司机声称自己因为种族歧视而遭到了不公平解雇。
柯林斯例句
- In one driveway a chauffeur wearing rubber boots was hosing down a limousine.
- 其中一条私人车道上,一位穿着橡胶靴的专职司机正用水管冲洗一辆豪华轿车。
柯林斯例句
- His chauffeur-driven car and company mobile phone will be handed on to his successor.
- 他那辆配有专职司机的轿车和公司手机将转交给他的继任者。
柯林斯例句
- He lived in considerable style, travelling widely, usually with a cook, valet, butler and chauffeur in attendance.
- 他活得相当潇洒,通常带着厨师、用人、管家和司机到处游玩。
柯林斯例句
- He's volunteered his services as a chauffeur.
- 他主动提出当司机。
辞典例句
- The chauffeur got out to crank the motor.
- 司机下车用曲柄去发动汽车。
辞典例句
- Mary, the cook, is walking out with Jack, the chauffeur.
- 厨师玛丽正同汽车司机杰克恋爱.
辞典例句
- She went out herself and spoke to the chauffeur.
- 她亲自走出去跟汽车司机说话.
辞典例句
- The chauffeur started up and Marie verified the current.
- 司机开动发电机,玛丽调节电流.
辞典例句
- He served as gardener and as chauffeur.
- 他兼做园丁和车夫.
辞典例句