cab
cab — 名詞
1. a car with a driver whose job is to take you somewhere when you pay them, especi
計程車
付費搭乘的市區短程載客小客車
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.
Maya 快遲到了，所以她在飯店外面攔了一輛計程車。
verb + cab: hail a cab
Marcus paid the cab driver and dragged his suitcase up the steps.
Marcus 付錢給計程車司機，然後把行李箱拖上階梯。
compound: cab driver
We took a cab from the airport because the trains had stopped running.
因為火車已經停駛了，我們從機場搭計程車回去。
Lina called a cab on her phone and waited under the streetlight.
Lina 用手機叫了一輛計程車，在路燈下等。
The Watanabe family arrived at the wedding by cab, dressed in their best suits.
Watanabe 一家人穿著最體面的西裝，搭計程車到婚禮現場。
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
駕駛室
卡車、火車或大型機械前方的駕駛空間
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.
Carlos 爬進卡車駕駛室，繫上安全帶。
the cab of [a truck]
The cab of the locomotive was hot and noisy when the engine ran at full speed.
火車頭引擎全速運轉時，駕駛室裡又熱又吵。
the cab of [a locomotive]
Dr. Tanaka peered into the crane cab to ask the operator about the lifting plan.
Dr. Tanaka 探頭看進吊車駕駛室，向操作員詢問吊掛計畫。
Inside the cab, the driver could watch six screens at once.
在駕駛室裡，駕駛可以同時盯著六個螢幕。
- 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
出租馬車
舊時供人付費搭乘的小型有蓬馬車
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.
在維多利亞時代的倫敦，醫生會搭一輛由疲累老馬拉的出租馬車到病人家裡。
historical context
Sherlock Holmes often jumped into a cab to chase a suspect across the city.
Sherlock Holmes 常跳上一輛出租馬車，穿越城市追捕嫌犯。
literary / historical use
The painting shows a row of cabs waiting outside a railway station in 1880.
這幅畫描繪 1880 年一排出租馬車停在火車站外等客的景象。
Rain dripped from the roof of the cab as the driver shouted at his horse.
車伕對著馬大吼，雨水從出租馬車的車頂滴下來。
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 — 動詞
1. to go somewhere by taxi rather than walk, drive yourself, or take public transpo
搭計程車去
以搭計程車的方式前往某地
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.
開完冗長的會議後，Marcus 決定搭計程車回家，不想再等公車。
cab + home (no preposition)
We cabbed across town to catch the last showing of the film.
我們搭計程車穿過市區，趕上電影最後一場放映。
cab + across [place]
Lina cabbed it from the airport because her suitcase was too heavy to carry on the train.
Lina 從機場搭計程車回去，因為她的行李箱太重，沒辦法搬上火車。
Rather than drive after the party, Diego and Priya cabbed to the hotel together.
為了避免酒後開車，Diego 和 Priya 派對結束後一起搭計程車回飯店。
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.