cab

Word family nouncabbycab

Related topics: Motor vehicles, Bicycles, carts, horses

cab /kæb/ S3 noun [countableC]

1 TELEPHONEa taxi 出租车，的士

New York’s yellow cabs

纽约的黄色出租车

take/get a cab

I took a cab to the airport.

我乘出租车去了机场。

call (somebody) a cab (=telephone for a taxi) （为某人）叫一辆出租车

Ralph tried to hail a cab (=wave to get a cab to stop for you).

拉尔夫招手想叫一辆出租车。

2. TTCthe part of a bus, train, or truck in which the driver sits 〔公共汽车、火车或货车的〕司机室[座]，驾驶室[座]

3. TTBa carriage pulled by horses that was used like a taxi in the past 〔旧时的〕出租马车

n COLLOCATIONS

verbs

take/get/catch a cab (=travel by cab)

Why don't we take a cab to the theater?

call/order (somebody) a cab (=telephone for one to come)

Here's the phone number if you want to call a cab.

phone for a cab British EnglishBrE (=call a cab)

There's no need to give me a lift. I'll phone for a cab.

get into/out of a cab

I just saw Fiona getting into a cab.

hail a cab written (=wave to make a cab stop for you)

Martin put his hand out and hailed a cab.

cab + NOUN

a cab driver

Many cab drivers fear being robbed.

a cab fare (=the money you pay to travel in a cab)

My Dad gave me the money for my cab fare.

a cab ride (=trip in a cab)

It's only a short cab ride to Georgetown.

Examples from the Corpus

cab• One seemed to think I wanted a cab ride, but I pointed to my car.• Drivers are in such close proximity to passengers and there is no grille between them as in black cabs.• Police recognized Moll and arrested him as a suspect in two grocery store robberies, also involving getaway cabs.• Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart.• In October 1991 a woman was thrown from the cab of this van on the M40 and died.• Rocky O'Rourke, in the cab of his big sixteen wheeler, was parked about twenty yards north of the gates.• Without glancing back at the house, he climbed into the cab of the Land Rover.

hail a cab• McCready waited ten minutes, strolled to the cab rank on Tunistrasse and hailed a cab for Bonn.• He hailed a cab and went to the Montrose.• I offer to help hail a cab but Kael prefers the services of the doorman at the neighbouring Algonquin Hotel.• A couple of minutes later I hailed a cab and was on my way to Heathrow.• CabCharge customers can phone or hail cabs displaying a distinctive blue decal.• He walked quickly, getting three streets clear, then hailed a cab.• She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace.

the CABCAB, the /ˌsiː eɪ ˈbiː/

(the Citizens Advice Bureau) a British organization supported by the government which gives free advice to ordinary people about legal, financial, and other problems. Most towns and cities in the UK have a Citizens Advice Bureau, and most of the people who work for it are volunteers (=they are not paid for their work). 〔英国〕公民咨询局

From Longman Business Dictionary

CABCAB

LAWabbreviation for CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Origin cab

(1800-1900) cabriolet

单词	cab
释义	cab Word family nouncabbycab Related topics: Motor vehicles, Bicycles, carts, horses cab /kæb/ ●●● S3 noun [countableC] 1 TELEPHONEa taxi 出租车，的士 New York’s yellow cabs 纽约的黄色出租车 take/get a cab I took a cab to the airport. 我乘出租车去了机场。 call (somebody) a cab (=telephone for a taxi) （为某人）叫一辆出租车 Ralph tried to hail a cab (=wave to get a cab to stop for you). 拉尔夫招手想叫一辆出租车。 2. TTCthe part of a bus, train, or truck in which the driver sits 〔公共汽车、火车或货车的〕司机室[座]，驾驶室[座] 3. TTBa carriage pulled by horses that was used like a taxi in the past 〔旧时的〕出租马车 n COLLOCATIONS verbs take/get/catch a cab (=travel by cab) Why don't we take a cab to the theater? call/order (somebody) a cab (=telephone for one to come) Here's the phone number if you want to call a cab. phone for a cab British EnglishBrE (=call a cab) There's no need to give me a lift. I'll phone for a cab. get into/out of a cab I just saw Fiona getting into a cab. hail a cab written (=wave to make a cab stop for you) Martin put his hand out and hailed a cab. cab + NOUN a cab driver Many cab drivers fear being robbed. a cab fare (=the money you pay to travel in a cab) My Dad gave me the money for my cab fare. a cab ride (=trip in a cab) It's only a short cab ride to Georgetown. Examples from the Corpus cab• One seemed to think I wanted a cab ride, but I pointed to my car.• Drivers are in such close proximity to passengers and there is no grille between them as in black cabs.• Police recognized Moll and arrested him as a suspect in two grocery store robberies, also involving getaway cabs.• Benji can look like a broken-down old cab horse with a real novice on his back or he can look really smart.• In October 1991 a woman was thrown from the cab of this van on the M40 and died.• Rocky O'Rourke, in the cab of his big sixteen wheeler, was parked about twenty yards north of the gates.• Without glancing back at the house, he climbed into the cab of the Land Rover. hail a cab• McCready waited ten minutes, strolled to the cab rank on Tunistrasse and hailed a cab for Bonn.• He hailed a cab and went to the Montrose.• I offer to help hail a cab but Kael prefers the services of the doorman at the neighbouring Algonquin Hotel.• A couple of minutes later I hailed a cab and was on my way to Heathrow.• CabCharge customers can phone or hail cabs displaying a distinctive blue decal.• He walked quickly, getting three streets clear, then hailed a cab.• She raised her hand to hail a cab but the Paris traffic was zooming by at its usual break-neck pace. the CABCAB, the /ˌsiː eɪ ˈbiː/ (the Citizens Advice Bureau) a British organization supported by the government which gives free advice to ordinary people about legal, financial, and other problems. Most towns and cities in the UK have a Citizens Advice Bureau, and most of the people who work for it are volunteers (=they are not paid for their work). 〔英国〕公民咨询局 From Longman Business Dictionary CABCAB LAWabbreviation for CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU Origin cab (1800-1900) cabriolet
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