(pl. taxis)
1- a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter出租车。
1.1
- a boat or other means of transportation similarly used出租汽船（或其他交通工具）。
1.2
- (in South Africa) a light vehicle, especially a minibus, transporting passengers along a fixed route for a set fare but not operating to a timetable（南非的）小型不定时公交车。
(taxies, taxied, taxiing 或taxying)no obj., with adverbial of direction
1
- (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing（飞机）缓慢滑行：
the plane taxis up to a waiting limousine.
飞机缓缓滑向一辆等在那里的豪华轿车。
1.1
- with obj.(of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to move in such a way（飞行员）驾驶（飞机）缓慢滑行。
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- take a taxi as a means of transport乘出租车：
I would taxi home and sleep till eight.
我会坐出租车回家, 一直睡到八点。
词源
early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab （see TAXIMETER）.