taxi

noun

1. 出租汽车；计程车；的士
   a car with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have meters which show how much money you have to pay.
   1. a taxi driver/ride
      出租汽车司机；乘出租车出行
   2. We'd better take a taxi .
      我们最好乘出租车。
   3. I came home by taxi .
      我是坐出租车回家的。
   4. to order/hail/call a taxi
      要 / 招呼 / 叫出租车
2. （非洲某些地方走固定路线、乘客可随时上下的）小公共汽车，小巴士
   in some places in Africa, a small bus with a driver that you pay to take you somewhere. Taxis usually have fixed routes and stop wherever passengers need to get on or off.

verb

1. （起飞前或降落后在地面上）滑行
   to move slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing

1. N-COUNT 出租车;计程车;的士
   A taxi is a car driven by a person whose job is to take people where they want to go in return for money.
   1. The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club...
      出租车在里维埃拉俱乐部门口停了下来。
   2. He set off by taxi.
      他打的走了。
2. V-ERG (使)(飞机)缓慢滑行
   When an aircraft taxis along the ground, or when a pilot taxis a plane somewhere, it moves slowly along the ground.
   1. She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff...
      她发出指令，允许飞机滑行入位，准备起飞。
   2. The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway.
      飞行员将飞机滑行到了跑道尽头。

1. After breakfast Amy ordered a taxi
   早饭后，埃米预订了一辆出租车。
2. It's easier to take a taxi. But then again you can't always get one
   打出租车要容易些，但也并不总是能打到的。
3. He caught a taxi to Harrods.
   他打了辆出租车去哈罗德百货商店。
4. Claire had seen the taxi drawing away
   克莱尔看到出租车缓缓开走了。
5. The conversation was drowned by the arrival of the taxi.
   到来的出租车的声音压过了谈话的声音。
6. It's likely someone gave her a lift, or else that she took a taxi.
   可能有人开车捎了她一程，要不就是她打了辆出租车。
7. He was charged with abducting a taxi driver and forcing him to drive a bomb to Downing Street
   他被控劫持一名出租车司机并强迫他开车把一颗炸弹送到唐宁街。
8. I hurried away to hail a taxi.
   我赶紧去叫出租车。
9. We'll have to find a taxi
   我们需要找辆出租车。
10. 'Here's the taxi,' she said politely
    “出租车来了，”她礼貌地说。
11. Just as she prepared to set off to the next village, two friends arrived in a taxi.
    正当她准备出发去下一个村子时，两个朋友乘出租车来了。
12. I sat in the back of the taxi with my son on my knee.
    我坐在出租车后排座上，儿子坐在我腿上。
13. Kurt's parents weren't able to meet our plane so we took a taxi.
    库尔特的父母无法来接机，于是我们打了车。
14. If you feel a taxi driver has overcharged you, say so
    如果你觉得出租车司机敲了你的竹杠，就说出来。
15. He pulls a rickshaw, probably the oldest form of human taxi service.
    他拉黄包车，这可能是人类最古老的载客服务形式了。
16. The man led the way to the taxi rank
    那人带路来到了出租汽车候客处。
17. He walked towards the first taxi on the rank.
    他朝着停车处的第一辆出租车走去。
18. Could someone ring for a taxi?
    有谁能打电话叫出租车吗？
19. Luckily there was a taxi stand nearby.
    幸好附近就有一个出租车候客处。
20. The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club
    出租车在里维埃拉俱乐部门口停了下来。
21. He set off by taxi.
    他打的走了。
22. She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff
    她发出指令，允许飞机滑行入位，准备起飞。
23. The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway.
    飞行员将飞机滑行到了跑道尽头。
24. Arriving at the railway station, I put local knowledge to the test and ask a taxi driver.
    到了火车站，为了检验自己对当地的了解程度，我请教了一个出租车司机。
25. Abidjan was thrown into turmoil because of a protest by taxi drivers
    出租车司机的抗议使得阿比让陷入了混乱。
26. I strolled up and down thoughtfully before calling a taxi
    我踱来踱去仔细思量后叫了一辆出租车。
27. He had a taxi waiting to take him to the train
    他让一辆出租车等着带他到火车站去。
28. If you won't let me pay for a taxi, then at least allow me to lend you something
    如果你不愿让我付出租车费，至少让我借点什么给你吧。
29. Don't worry, your luggage will come on afterwards by taxi
    别担心，你的行李随后会由出租车送过来。
30. Did you reckon in the cost of the taxi?
    你把坐计程车的费用计算在内了吗？

noun

1. a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

   Synonym:    cabhacktaxicab

verb

1. travel slowly
   1. The plane taxied down the runway

2. ride in a taxicab

   Synonym:    cab