| 单词 | auto |
| 释义 | auto (once / 423 pages) n An auto is a car. If you drive your auto too fast, you might get a speeding ticket. The word auto is an informal, shortened form of automobile. You're most likely to hear the word auto when someone's talking about insurance, auto parts, or the auto industry. Automobile was originally a French word, formed from the Greek autos, or "self," and the French mobile, "moving." WORD FAMILYauto: autos USAGE EXAMPLES“Pearl Auto is a great example of the creativity and innovation driving the iPhone ecosystem,” said Josh Rosenstock, an Apple spokesman. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) It’s a series of auto races, car shows and related events. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) Expected strong December auto sales may paint two portraits of the industry. Wall Street Journal(Dec 31, 2016) n a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine Syn|Hypo|Hyper automobile, car, machine, motorcar ambulance a vehicle that takes people to and from hospitals beach waggon, beach wagon, estate car, station waggon, station wagon, waggon, wagona car that has a long body and rear door with space behind rear seat bus, heap, jalopya car that is old and unreliable cab, hack, taxi, taxicaba car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money compact, compact cara small and economical car convertiblea car that has top that can be folded or removed coupea car with two doors and front seats and a luggage compartment cruiser, patrol car, police car, police cruiser, prowl car, squad cara car in which policemen cruise the streets; equipped with radiotelephonic communications to headquarters electric, electric automobile, electric cara car that is powered by electricity gas guzzlera car with relatively low fuel efficiency hardtopa car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top hatchbacka car having a hatchback door horseless carriagean early term for an automobile hot rod, hot-roda car modified to increase its speed and acceleration jeep, landrovera car suitable for traveling over rough terrain limo, limousinelarge luxurious car; usually driven by a chauffeur loanera car that is lent as a replacement for one that is under repair minicara car that is even smaller than a subcompact car minivana small box-shaped passenger van; usually has removable seats; used as a family car Model Tthe first widely available automobile powered by a gasoline engine; mass-produced by Henry Ford from 1908 to 1927 pace cara high-performance car that leads a parade of competing cars through the pace lap and then pulls off the course race car, racer, racing cara fast car that competes in races roadster, runabout, two-seateran open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat saloon, sedana car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors sport car, sports cara small low car with a high-powered engine; usually seats two persons S.U.V., SUV, sport utility, sport utility vehiclea high-performance four-wheel drive car built on a truck chassis Stanley Steamera steam-powered automobile stock cara car kept in dealers' stock for regular sales subcompact, subcompact cara car smaller than a compact car phaeton, tourer, touring carlarge open car seating four with folding top secondhand car, used-cara car that has been previously owned; not a new car berlina limousine with a glass partition between the front and back seats broughama sedan that has no roof over the driver's seat finishera race car that finishes a race funny wagonan ambulance used to transport patients to a mental hospital gypsy caba taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls minicaba minicar used as a taxicab panda cara police cruiser shooting brakeanother name for a station wagon stock cara racing car with the basic chassis of a commercially available car automotive vehicle, motor vehicle a self-propelled wheeled vehicle that does not run on rails |
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