单词 | car-sharing |
释义 | > as lemmascar-sharing car-sharing n. originally U.S. (a) an arrangement between people (esp. work colleagues) to make a regular journey in a single vehicle, typically with each person taking turns to drive the others (frequently attributive); cf. car pool n.; (b) any of various types of scheme in which a group of people share access to a vehicle (or pool of vehicles) which may be reserved for short periods of time (cf. car club n. (b)); frequently attributive. ΚΠ 1942 Bradford (Pa.) Era 17 Apr. 13/2 Form car-sharing pools with neighbors working in the same general area. 1975 Economist (Nexis) 11 Oct. 26 The fact that some 2,000 people have entered into car-sharing arrangements with each other he claims as a revolutionary success. 1990 D. Wann Biologic iv. 201 Several apartment complexes across the country have successful car-sharing programs. Participants sign up for ‘cartime’. 1998 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 11 Jan. xii. 8/2 Car-sharing works by having an organization buy, maintain, insure and operate vehicles. 2000 Adv. Driving (Inst. Adv. Motorists) Summer 15/2 If you have to commute by car, think about car sharing, Park and Ride schemes or public transport. 2012 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. b1 The car-sharing services allow you, in effect, to turn your personal car into a Zipcar and rent it out by the hour or the day. < as lemmas |
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