• n. 汽車
• vt. 駕駛汽車
• [ 過(guò)去式 automobiled 過(guò)去分詞 automobiled 現(xiàn)在分詞 automobiling ]

前綴auto-, 自己的。mobile, 移動(dòng)的。

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).

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

他正在修理汽車的剎車桿.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

汽車在路上轉(zhuǎn)彎時(shí)放慢了速度.

來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

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

當(dāng)舊的汽車牌照滿期,你得領(lǐng)取新的.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

我父親在這次車禍中死里逃生.

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

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(dāng)今一樁巨大的業(yè)務(wù).

來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》