taxi

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tax·i1 /ˈtæksi/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  TTCa car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere 出租车，计程车，的士 SYN cab They sent me home in a taxi. 他们用出租车把我送回家。n GRAMMAR: Patterns with taxi• You say get in a taxi: He got in a taxi and left. ✗Don’t say: get on a taxi• You say get out of a taxi: Two women got out of the taxi. ✗Don’t say: get off a taxi• You say that someone is in a taxi: I read my notes while I was in the taxi.• You go somewhere by taxi: She goes everywhere by taxi.  COLLOCATIONSverbstake/get a taxi 乘出租车We took a taxi to the hotel. 我们乘出租车去酒店。go/come/arrive by taxi 乘出租车去/来/到达I went back home by taxi. 我坐出租车回了家。hail a taxi (=wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in) 招呼出租车nI rushed outside and hailed a taxi.phone for/call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come) 打电话叫出租车nCan you phone for a taxi and I'll get our coats.call somebody a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come for someone else) 为某人叫出租车nCall me a taxi, would you?nget into/out of a taxiHe got into a taxi outside the station.taxi + NOUNa taxi ride 乘出租车The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away. 镇中心离这儿乘出租车五分钟。a taxi fare 出租车费She couldn't afford the £18 taxi fare. 她付不起18英镑的出租车费。a taxi driver 出租车司机nHe paid the taxi driver and got out.a taxi service 出租车服务nWe operate a taxi service to and from the airport.a taxi rank British English, a taxi stand American English (=a place where taxis wait for customers) 出租车站，出租车候客点nThere's a taxi rank just outside the hotel.5COMMON ERRORS 常见错误 ► Don’t say ‘get on a taxi’. Say get in a taxi . 不要说 ‘get on a taxi’。 而要说 get in a taxi 。

Examples from the Corpus

taxi• The tube workers had a whip-round to pay for a taxi to the railway station.• He went searching for a taxi, his subconscious mind at work.• Getting a taxi is a battle.• A taxi journey from the Airport to the University takes approximately 20 minutes.• Angry taxi drivers responded by boycotting a planned workshop on treating customers courteously.• Wally said brightly to the suddenly befuddled taxi driver.• In the back of the taxi, our two temporary travelling companions sit as far apart as possible.• The taxi driver who approached us outside the terminal was fluent enough to say he had been sent by the tour company.

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taxi2 verb (past tense and past participle taxied, present participle taxiing, third person singular taxis or taxies) [intransitive]  TTAif a plane taxis, it moves along the ground before taking off or after landing 〔飞机起飞前或着陆后〕滑行 The plane taxied to a halt. 飞机滑行一段距离后停下来。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

taxi• An hour later, taxiing across the glimmering surface of the lake, the floatplane approached the jetty.• Packer and Sheehy were both taxiing around Sydney airport in their respective corporate jets on Tuesday when they accidentally collided.• It was a wonderful feeling to put up an affirmative two fingers as the mechanic helped me taxi in.• Slim Gordon started the motors and they were off, taxiing into position.Origin taxi1 (1900-2000) taxicab

tax·i1 noun →n GRAMMAR1 →COLLOCATIONS1taxi2 verbLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable  

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taxi

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tax‧i¹ S3 /ˈtæksi/ noun [countable]
a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere
   SYN  cab:
    They sent me home in a taxi.
     

COLLOCATIONS

■ verbs
   ▪ take/get a taxi We took a taxi to the hotel.
   ▪ go/come/arrive by taxi I went back home by taxi.
   ▪ hail a taxi (=wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in) I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.
   ▪ phone for/call a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come) Can you phone for a taxi and I'll get our coats.
   ▪ call somebody a taxi (=telephone for a taxi to come for someone else) Call me a taxi, would you?
   ▪ get into/out of a taxi He got into a taxi outside the station.
■ taxi + NOUN
   ▪ a taxi ride The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.
   ▪ a taxi fare She couldn't afford the £18 taxi fare.
   ▪ a taxi driver He paid the taxi driver and got out.
   ▪ a taxi service We operate a taxi service to and from the airport.
   ▪ a taxi rank British English, a taxi stand American English (=a place where taxis wait for customers) There's a taxi rank just outside the hotel.
■ COMMON ERRORS
    ► Do not say 'get on a taxi'. Say get in a taxi.

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taxi² verb (past tense and past participle taxied, present participle taxiing, third person singular taxis or taxies) [intransitive]
if a plane taxis, it moves along the ground before taking off or after landing:
    The plane taxied to a halt.