| 单词 | taxi aeroplane |
| 释义 | > as lemmastaxi aeroplane b. As a modifier, designating a vehicle other than a motor car that may be hired by passengers to transport them in return for payment, as in taxi aeroplane, taxi bike, taxi boat, taxi bus, etc. Cf. sense 1b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel for transporting people or goods > passenger vessel > [noun] > water taxi taxi boat1909 water taxi1921 river bus1929 1909 Pearson's Mag. Nov. 553/2 Taxi-aeroplanes and aero-'buses, when they come, will be nine-days' wonders only, and then accepted as matters of course. 1914 Pacific Marine Rev. Dec. 60 The four fast Taxi Boats on Lake Washington..are powered with Loew-Victors. 1974 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Sept. 6/4 There was a 24-hour taxiboat service supplied. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 12 Oct. 43 I took a taxi-bus to Cal, arriving in darkness. 2011 @markpinsent 23 Aug. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Just got a taxi bike from Canary Wharf to Euston. < as lemmas |
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