单词 | jixi |
释义 | JixiJixien. temporary. A two-seater taxi-cab licensed in 1926 while Sir William Joynson-Hicks (1865–1932) was Home Secretary. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicles (plying) for hire > [noun] > taxi > types of taxi hackney cab1832 black taxi1911 Jixi1926 shared taxi1937 share-taxi1943 sherut1950 dolmus1957 taxi1958 gypsy cab1960 minicab1960 Gypsy1968 okada1993 boda boda1995 1926 Westm. Gaz. 7 Apr. Jixi is the name given by the Westminster Gazette, and now used by everyone, to 2-seater taxicabs. 1926 Punch 21 Apr. 438/2 The Home Secretary explained to Sir F. Meyer that the police have licensed two types of ‘Jixi’. 1926 Sunday at Home 5 June 514/2 I know there are to be Jixes [sic], but that rather sounds like the name of a wasp to me. 1927 Observer 3 Apr. 9 The first ‘Jixie’ or two-seater taxicab will probably be seen on the streets of London at the end of the present week. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1926 |
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