Noun He drives an expensive automobile. browsed online for used automobiles for sale
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White’s parents were involved in an automobile accident in Florida in September 2020. Jeff Potrykus, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022 Any pretense that the automobile is a prosthetic will be eliminated, so car passengers can move on to other things. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2022 Steiner died Sunday at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs from injuries suffered in a two-vehicle automobile accident in nearby La Quinta, the Riverside County Sheriff’s department told the Desert Sun newspaper. Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022 The automobile is a prime example and designers have used that to great (and sometimes downright hideous) effect for decades. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 28 June 2022 The automobile is perhaps the quintessential American invention: a pillar of the national economy in the 20th and 21st centuries, a cultural symbol of freedom and self-reliance, and an inescapable feature of everyday life. Matt Ford, The New Republic, 18 Mar. 2022 The German automaker’s electric runabout has to accomplish just about everything that an average automobile is capable of. Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 1 Oct. 2021 For a century, the automobile was a system of interoperating mechanics: engine, transmission, drive shaft, brakes, etc. Christopher Mims, WSJ, 22 May 2021 Now for the quaint: Motor car is preferred, but automobile is not incorrect. Gary Gilson, Star Tribune, 17 Apr. 2021
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The Transportation Committee, chaired by Kerry McCormack, has expanded its purview to examine regional transportation policies, and focus more on non-automobile forms of transportation, like rail, bicycles, e-bikes, and scooters. Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2022 America should learn from their pro-cycling, anti-automobile ways, not drag them down to our level! Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021 See More
(especially NAmE) ADJECTIVE | VERB + AUTOMOBILE | AUTOMOBILE + NOUNADJECTIVE➤luxury豪華汽車➤vintage(1919 年到 1930 年製造的)古典汽車➤gasoline-powered, hydrogen-powered, etc.汽油、氫氣等驅動的汽車VERB + AUTOMOBILE➤drive駕駛汽車◇Learning to drive an automobile is not easy.學習駕駛汽車不容易。➤power為汽車提供動力◇Compressed natural gas can be used to power automobiles.壓縮的天然氣可用來驅動汽車前進。AUTOMOBILE + NOUN➤engine, exhaust, tyre/tire, windshield (NAmE) 汽車發動機/尾氣/輪胎/擋風玻璃➤emissions汽車的排放物➤accident交通事故➤dealer, dealership, showroom汽車經銷商/經銷權/展示廳➤industry, manufacture汽車產業/生產➤factory, manufacturer汽車廠;汽車生產商➤assembly line, assembly plant汽車裝配線;汽車裝配工廠