cab
cab — noun
1. a car with a driver whose job is to take you somewhere when you pay them, especi
a car with a driver whose job is to take you somewhere when you pay them, especially over short distances in a city.
Maya was running late, so she hailed a cab outside the hotel.
verb + cab: hail a cab
Marcus paid the cab driver and dragged his suitcase up the steps.
compound: cab driver
We took a cab from the airport because the trains had stopped running.
Lina called a cab on her phone and waited under the streetlight.
The Watanabe family arrived at the wedding by cab, dressed in their best suits.
文法句型
take a cab
by cab
call a cab
用法筆記
More common in American English than British English, where 'taxi' is the everyday word. In London, 'black cab' specifically means the licensed black taxi.
常見錯誤
2. the small enclosed space at the front of a truck, train engine, bus, or large ma
the small enclosed space at the front of a truck, train engine, bus, or large machine where the person driving sits and uses the controls.
Carlos climbed into the cab of his truck and fastened his seat belt.
the cab of [a truck]
The cab of the locomotive was hot and noisy when the engine ran at full speed.
the cab of [a locomotive]
Dr. Tanaka peered into the crane cab to ask the operator about the lifting plan.
Inside the cab, the driver could watch six screens at once.
- driver's compartment
more formal and explicit; common in technical writing
- cabin
broader; can mean an enclosed space on a plane or ship as well
- cockpit
the equivalent in an aircraft or racing car
文法句型
the cab of [a truck/lorry/train]
用法筆記
Subject is usually a vehicle big enough to have a separate driver area (trucks, lorries, trains, cranes, tractors). Distinguish from sense 1 ('taxi'): sense 2 is a part of a vehicle, never the whole vehicle.
常見錯誤
3. in former times, a small covered carriage pulled by one or two horses that peopl
in former times, a small covered carriage pulled by one or two horses that people paid to ride in, like a taxi today.
In Victorian London, a doctor would arrive at his patient's house in a cab pulled by a tired horse.
historical context
Sherlock Holmes often jumped into a cab to chase a suspect across the city.
literary / historical use
The painting shows a row of cabs waiting outside a railway station in 1880.
Rain dripped from the roof of the cab as the driver shouted at his horse.
用法筆記
Now mainly found in historical fiction, museum descriptions, and writing about the 18th-19th centuries. In modern speech, sense 1 ('taxi') is what people mean by 'cab'.
cab — verb
1. to go somewhere by taxi rather than walk, drive yourself, or take public transpo
to go somewhere by taxi rather than walk, drive yourself, or take public transport.
After the long meeting, Marcus decided to cab home instead of waiting for the bus.
cab + home (no preposition)
We cabbed across town to catch the last showing of the film.
cab + across [place]
Lina cabbed it from the airport because her suitcase was too heavy to carry on the train.
Rather than drive after the party, Diego and Priya cabbed to the hotel together.
文法句型
cab to + place
cab home / over / across
用法筆記
Mainly American and informal; British speakers usually say 'take a taxi' or 'get a cab' instead. The pattern 'cab it' (with empty 'it') is very informal but common in speech.