runabout

noun

1. （用于短途旅行的）小型汽车
   a small car, especially one used for short journeys

1. N-COUNT 轻便汽车;小汽车
   A runabout is a small car used mainly for short journeys. In American English, runabout is used of cars with open tops.
   1. ...a small 1-litre runabout.
      百公里油耗为1升的小型轻便汽车
2. 小汽艇;小型摩托艇
   A runabout is a small, light boat with a motor.

1. The drawing of Google's prototype suggests a small urban runabout that looks nothing like a conventional car.
   谷歌原型车的蓝图像是一辆小型的城市轻便车，而不是传统的轿车。
2. He hung up the receiver and called for his runabout.
   他挂上了耳机，叫了他的轻便马车。
3. Sabine pulled up in her little runabout.
   萨拜因将她那辆小型轻便车停下来。
4. His father already has an Audi A6, a big German saloon, he says, but has sent him to find a family runabout.
   他说他父亲已经有了一辆奥迪a6（一种德国产大型轿车），但让他来找一辆家用轻便车。
5. The steam driven Runabout had been in the same family for81 years before Friday's sale.
   这台蒸汽驱动的小汽车周五拍卖之前已经在同一个家庭里生活了81年之久。

noun

1. an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat

   Synonym:    roadstertwo-seater