Word · Frequency #4014
cab
出租车
核心释义
a taxi
- 1.
卡车或火车前部的驾驶室
A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
- 2.
一种空中旋转动作；切换前侧旋转
A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.
- 3.
其他车辆中类似的驾驶室
A similar compartment in other vehicles.
- 4.
空中交通管制塔或消防瞭望塔顶部的遮蔽处
A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
- 5.
出租车的同义词,一种可供公众租用的车辆,用于单程旅行。
Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
驾驶室；出租马车；卡车或火车前部的驾驶室；一种空中旋转动作；切换前侧旋转；其他车辆中类似的驾驶室
用法In use
I hailed a cab to get to the airport on time.
用法提示：cab 作名词，表示“出租车”，这里指乘坐的交通工具。
The cab driver helped me with my luggage.
用法提示：cab 作名词，修饰 driver，表示“出租车”的司机。
After the party, we shared a cab home.
用法提示：cab 作名词，表示“出租车”，强调共同乘坐。
take a cab
I took a cab to the airport.
我打车去了机场。
call a cab
Let's call a cab.
咱们叫辆出租车吧。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- hail a cab
- 拦出租车
- She stood on the corner trying to hail a cab.她站在街角试图拦一辆出租车。
- take a cab
- 乘出租车
- It's raining, so let's take a cab instead of walking.下雨了，我们乘出租车而不是走路吧。
- cab driver
- 出租车司机
- The cab driver knew the quickest route to the airport.出租车司机知道去机场最快的路线。
- cab fare
- 出租车费
- The cab fare from the station to the hotel was fifteen dollars.从车站到酒店的出租车费是十五美元。
- call a cab
- 叫出租车
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
cab发音类似'开吧', 想象招手打车说'开吧'。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式场合 cab 在表示“出租车”时，通常用于非正式场合，口语中比 taxi 更常见；但在正式书面语中倾向于用 taxi。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with 'cab' because they share the /æb/ ending in their IPA. No warning necessary as they are all sound matches.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.