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a stretch limousine
stretch 意为“加长的”，常用于婚礼、庆典等场合。
They rented a stretch limousine for the prom.
他们为毕业舞会租了一辆加长豪华轿车。
豪华轿车；加长豪华轿车
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
豪华轿车；加长豪华轿车
a large luxurious car, usually driven by a chauffeur
They rented a stretch limousine for the prom.
他们为毕业舞会租了一辆加长豪华轿车。
An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
大型豪华轿车,通常由司机驾驶
large luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur
An automobile with such a body.
A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
The bride and groom arrived at the church in a white limousine.
新娘和新郎乘坐白色豪华轿车到达教堂。
The company hired a limousine to take the clients to the airport.
公司雇了一辆豪华轿车送客户去机场。
Several black limousines were parked outside the hotel waiting for the celebrities.
几辆黑色豪华轿车停在酒店外等候名人。
stretch 意为“加长的”，常用于婚礼、庆典等场合。
They rented a stretch limousine for the prom.
他们为毕业舞会租了一辆加长豪华轿车。
表示交通方式时，by 后通常不加冠词。
The guests arrived at the hotel by limousine.
客人乘坐豪华轿车到达酒店。
chauffeur-driven 指配有专职司机的，强调乘坐者不必自己开车。
The CEO stepped out of a chauffeur-driven limousine.
首席执行官从一辆由专职司机驾驶的豪华轿车里走出来。
Not this
She rented two limousine for the wedding.
Use this
She rented two limousines for the wedding.
limousine 是可数名词，复数形式为 limousines。汉语名词没有复数变化，学习者容易漏掉词尾的 -s；在 two 等复数标记后必须使用复数形式。
Not this
I drive a limousine to work every day.
Use this
I drive a car to work every day.
limousine 指由专职司机驾驶的豪华轿车，不是普通通勤用的轿车。词典释义中的“轿车”容易让人误以为它等于任何 sedan；表示日常代步的小汽车应用 car。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
加长豪华轿车
They rented a stretch limousine for prom night.
他们为毕业舞会租了一辆加长豪华轿车。
专职司机驾驶的豪华轿车
The CEO arrived in a chauffeur-driven limousine.
首席执行官乘坐一辆由专职司机驾驶的豪华轿车到达。
租用豪华轿车
We decided to hire a limousine for the wedding.
我们决定为婚礼租一辆豪华轿车。
豪华轿车服务
The hotel offers a limousine service to the airport.
这家酒店提供前往机场的豪华轿车服务。
总统专车
The presidential limousine is heavily armored.
总统专车装甲严密。
乘坐豪华轿车到达
The guests arrived in a limousine at the premiere.
嘉宾们乘坐豪华轿车抵达首映式。
豪华轿车自由派（指生活奢侈却主张自由主义政策的富人）
He accused the senator of being a limousine liberal who preached equality from his penthouse.
他指责那位参议员是个住在顶层公寓里宣扬平等的豪华轿车自由派。
Use limousine naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
limousine 听起来像“里么辛”，想象戴白手套的司机为你拉开加长豪华轿车的车门。
语域：neutral 常见场景：商务出行、机场接送、婚礼庆典 “limousine” 通常指豪华轿车，多用于正式或较尊贵的场合，如商务接驳、机场接送或婚礼庆典，但日常口语中也会使用，整体语气中性。
magazine (and, in most accents, machine and gasoline) rhymes with limousine, sharing the final /-iːn/ sound. discipline and line are spelling lookalikes with different vowel sounds: /-ɪn/ and /-aɪn/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.