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automobile

英 ['ɔːtəməbiːl]美 [,ɔtəmə'bil]

n. 汽車

vt. 駕駛汽車

[ 過去式 automobiled 過去分詞 automobiled 現在分詞 automobiling ]

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中文詞源

automobile 汽車

前綴auto-, 自己的。mobile, 移動的。

英語詞源

automobile (adj.)

1883, in reference to electric traction cars, from French automobile

(adj.), 1861, a hybrid from Greek autos "self" (see auto-) + French mobile "moving," from Latin mobilis "movable" (see mobile (adj.)).

automobile (n.)

"self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile, short for véhicule automobile (see automobile (adj.)). The modern Greek calls it autokineto "moved of itself." The French word had competition in the early years from locomobile; in English other early forms were motorcar and autocar. An electrical car was an electromobile (1899).

權威例句

1. He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.

他正在修理汽車的剎車杆.

2. The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.

汽車在路上轉彎時放慢了速度.

3. You must obtain a new automobile license when your old one expires.

當舊的汽車牌照滿期,你得領取新的.

4. My father had a narrow squeak in the automobile accident.

我父親在這次車禍中死裏逃生.

5. Factoring in connection with automobile installment accounts is a big business today.

代管汽車分期付款的到期帳目是當今一樁巨大的業務.

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