chauffeur

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++chauf·feur1 /ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː $ ˈʃoʊfər, ʃoʊˈfɜːr/ noun [countable]  DRIVEsomeone whose job is to drive a car for someone else 〔受雇为他人开车的〕司机

Examples from the Corpus

chauffeur• a chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce• One morning I saw Mrs Goreng's chauffeur grinning as he went about his chore of servicing the jeep.• I'll learn to drive and be some film star's chauffeur.• Toward afternoon, he rapped on the dividing window and asked the chauffeur to stop.• It was clear that, for the chauffeur at least, cars had priority over women.• The chauffeur started up, and they moved off.• The chauffeur was driving me to my novena yesterday.• The chauffeurs know their opera and their composers.• Mrs Mellor was chauffeur driven to the Rock and taken back by car after having lunch with the boat party.chauffeur2 verb [transitive]  1. DRIVEto drive a car for someone as your job 专职为…开汽车2  (also chauffeur somebody ↔ around)DRIVE to drive someone in your car, especially when you do not want to 〔尤指非情愿地〕开车载〔某人〕，为…当车夫 I spent most of the day chauffeuring the kids around. 那天我大部分时间都在给孩子们当司机。→ See Verb table

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chauffeur• If they were that rich, they would have been chauffeured.• So he wasn't chauffeured about in his native city.• Another had himself chauffeured around in patrol cars.• In rich suburbs, kids are insulated and chauffeured everywhere.• Diana, driving herself, arrived first, followed 25 minutes later by Prince Charles, who was chauffeured in his Bentley.• I've spent all day chauffeuring the kids around.• The children lead sheltered lives, getting chauffeured to and from their prep schools.• Or let me chauffeur your kid.Origin chauffeur1 (1800-1900) French “person attending to the fire of a steam-driven vehicle, driver”, from chauffer “to heat”

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Corpus is a drive to someone car whose job

chauffeur

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chauf‧feur¹ /ˈʃəʊfə, ʃəʊˈfɜː $ ˈʃoʊfər, ʃoʊˈfɜːr/ noun [countable]someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ driver someone who regularly drives, or someone who is driving a car, train, etc at a particular time: Car drivers now pay more than ever for fuel. | The coach was badly damaged, but the driver was unhurt.
   ▪ motorist [usually plural] especially written someone who drives a car – used especially when talking about car drivers in general: increased taxes on the motorist | Motorists who are caught speeding have to pay a heavy fine.
   ▪ chauffeur someone whose job is to drive a car for someone else: He was picked up by a chauffeur in a limousine.
   ▪ trucker American English informal someone who drives a truck: Mexico has no limit on how many hours truckers can drive daily.
   ▪ road hog informal someone who drives dangerously, without considering the safety of other people on the road, for example by not letting other drivers pass: Some road hogs drive at well below the speed limit, because they want to use their mobile phones.

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chauffeur² verb [transitive]
1. to drive a car for someone as your job
2. (also chauffeur somebody ↔ around) to drive someone in your car, especially when you do not want to:
    I spent most of the day chauffeuring the kids around.