Noun I'll wait in the car. He got into the car and drove away. She bought a new car.
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The royal couple got out of their car at Holyroodhouse and greeted people, and looked at floral tributes before a gun salute boomed from Edinburgh Castle. Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022 His car was found several days later in Bettendorf, Iowa, and examinations conducted in 1994 and 2014 showed only Asplund and the fiancée's DNA inside the vehicle. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022 Baltimore Police are investigating a homicide after finding a woman slumped inside her car Sunday afternoon in Southwest Baltimore’s Shipley Hill neighborhood. Lilly Price, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2022 Just a few months later, that shared moment transformed into something more than just acting — when the couple was captured kissing in their car in July, confirming the pair's real-life love story. Alexia Fernández, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 The driver was able to run from the scene, but his car was towed. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 12 Sep. 2022 If your car can't accept rates higher than 150 kW, don't plug into a Hyper-Fast station. Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 12 Sep. 2022 After Power climbed out of his car and was waiting to be reunited with the Astor Cup, he could be seen sitting on a makeshift box. Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Sep. 2022 His car was struck head-on by a driver going the wrong way on the turnpike, the State Police said. Alyssa Lukpat, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022 See More
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Etymology
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Middle English carre "cart, wagon, small cartload," borrowed from Anglo-French carre, charre, going back to Latin carra, plural of carrum, neuter variant of carrus "a kind of Gaulish wagon," borrowed from the Gaulish outcome of Celtic *kr̥s-o-, whence also Old Irish carr "cart, wagon," Welsh car "vehicle" — more at current entry 1
1road vehicle with four wheels汽車➡ see also automobileADJECTIVE | VERB + CAR | CAR + VERB | CAR + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤fast快車▸➤new新車▸➤diesel, electric, fuel-efficient, hybrid, hydrogen-powered, motor, formal) , petrol (BrE) 柴油車;電動車;節能車;混合動力車;氫動力車;汽車;汽油車▸➤compact, estate, hatchback, luxury, mid-size, saloon (sedan in NAmE) , sports小型汽車;旅行汽車;掀背式轎車;豪華轎車;中型轎車;廂式小轎車;跑車➤second第二輛車▸➤armoured/armored, cop (NAmE, informal) , patrol, police, squad, unmarked裝甲車;警車;巡邏車;無標誌的警車◇Police in an unmarked car had been following the stolen vehicle.警察駕駛一輛無標誌的警車一直在跟踪被盜車。➤race, racing, rally, stock賽車;拉力賽用汽車;普通汽車改裝的賽車▸➤company, hire, rental (especially NAmE) 公司的/雇來的/租用的汽車▸➤second-hand, used二手車;舊車◇a used car salesman舊車推銷員➤private私家車◇The government wants to reduce the use of private cars.政府希望減少私家車的使用。➤getaway, speeding, stolen(囚犯的)逃亡車;超速車;被盜車◇The robbers abandoned their getaway car and ran off.劫匪將逃跑用的車丟棄後逃跑了。➤parked停放的汽車◇There was a line of parked cars in front of the building.大樓前停了一排車。➤classic, veteran, vintage老爺車VERB + CAR➤drive開車▸➤have, own, run (especially BrE) 有車;養車◇It's very expensive to run a car these days.現在養車很貴。➤lease租車➤trade, trade in做汽車生意▸➤take (especially BrE) 坐車◇It's too far to walk. I'll take the car.步行去太遠了,我坐車去。➤borrow借車▸➤get in, get into, pile into上車;擠進車去◇He got in the car and they drove off.他上了車,他們就開走了。◇The kids all piled into the car.孩子們一窩蜂地擠上了車。➤exit (NAmE, formal) , get out of下車➤start發動車▸➤pull over, pull up, stop靠邊停車;停車◇He pulled his car over at a small hotel.他把車靠邊停在一家小酒店旁。➤back, reverse倒車➤steer, swerve駕駛車;急轉車向◇He swerved his car sharply to the right.他猛地將車右轉。➤overtake, pass超車▸➤lose control of對車失去控制◇I lost control of the car and it spun off the road.我開的車失控了,打着轉兒衝下了路。➤leave, park停放車輛;泊車➤lock, unlock鎖車;開啟車▸➤abandon, dump棄車➤crash, wreck (especially NAmE) 撞車;損毀車➤impound, tow, tow away, tow off扣留車;拖走車➤race賽車▸➤build, make, manufacture, produce製造汽車;生產汽車▸➤fix, repair, service, work on修理汽車;保養汽車;檢查汽車▸➤take in(在室內)修車◇I have to take the car in for a service. (BrE) 我得把車開進去檢修一下。◇I have to take the car in for service. (NAmE) 我得把車開進去檢修一下。➤wash洗車▸➤hire, rent (especially NAmE) 雇車;租車▸➤break into, hot-wire (informal) , steal撬開車;偷車CAR + VERB➤start車發動◇Despite the cold, the car started first time.儘管天氣寒冷,車還是一下就啟動了。➤run on sth車以⋯為能源◇cars that run on diesel柴油車➤do sth車行駛⋯里程◇The car does 55 miles per gallon.這輛車每加侖油行駛 55 英里。◇The car was doing over 100 miles an hour.那輛車當時正以每小時 100 多英里的速度行駛。➤pull out汽車駛離路邊◇The red car suddenly pulled out in front of me.這輛紅車突然從路邊衝到我前面。➤drive off, pull away驅車離開;開車離去▸➤overtake sb/sth, pass sb/sth車追上⋯;車超過⋯➤screech by/past, speed by/past, whizz by/past, zoom by/past汽車尖叫着駛過/疾馳而過/呼嘯而過/急駛而過▸➤accelerate, speed up車加速▸➤slow down車減速▸➤come to a halt, draw up, pull up, stop車停下來;車停住▸➤skid, spin, swerve車打滑;車(輪)空轉;車突然轉向◇Her car skidded on a patch of ice.她的車在一片結冰的路面上打滑。➤break down, stall車出故障;車突然熄火▸➤collide with sth, crash, hit sth車與⋯碰撞;撞車;車撞到⋯◇His car hit a van coming in the opposite direction.他的車與迎面駛來的小貨車相撞。CAR + NOUN➤alarm, boot, door, engine, horn, key, phone, seat, trunk, tyre/tire, window汽車警報器;汽車後備箱;車門;汽車發動機;汽車喇叭;車鑰匙;車載電話;車座;汽車行李箱;車胎;車窗◇a car boot sale (= an outdoor sale where people sell things from the backs of their cars) (BrE) (擺放在後備箱裏的)露天甩賣➤ride搭車▸➤park (parking lot in NAmE) , parking停車場;停車處◇There's not enough car parking in the city.該城市停車場不夠。➤driver司機▸➤dealer, dealership, salesman, showroom汽車經銷商/專賣店/銷售員/展銷廳➤buyer購車者➤hire, rental (NAmE) 汽車租賃▸➤accident, crash, wreck (NAmE) 車禍;撞車;汽車殘骸➤chase追車➤racing賽車➤bomb, bombing汽車炸彈/爆炸▸➤wash洗車▸➤tax車輛稅▸➤ferry (especially BrE) 汽車輪渡PREPOSITION➤by car乘車◇They take the children to school by car.他們開車送孩子上學。➤in a/the car在車裏◇I'll wait for you in the car.我在車裏等你。PHRASES➤a brand of car, a make of car, a model of car汽車品牌/樣式/型號▸➤cars on the road路上行駛的汽車◇The number of cars on the road is increasing all the time.路上行駛的汽車數量一直在增加。car
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2 (especially NAmE) section of a train火車車廂➡ see also carriageADJECTIVE | VERB + CARADJECTIVE➤rail(usually railcar) (NAmE) , railroad, railway (BrE) 火車車廂➤subway (NAmE) 地鐵車廂▸➤cattle, coal, freight運牲口/運煤/貨物車廂➤baggage, dining, NAmE) , lounge, sleeping, NAmE) , smoking行李車廂;餐車;特等車廂;卧鋪車廂;吸煙車廂➤Pullman (NAmE) 豪華型列車車廂VERB + CAR➤pull掛車廂