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9. Car [kɑ:]
Basic need 音形義
Everyday Expressions
n. [C] 小汽車
He goes to school by car.
n. 車廂
Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways. (列車上有吸煙休息室的餐車由鐵道部門經營。)
sleeping car 臥鋪車廂；dining car 餐車
n. 其他車輛
I go to work by street car every day. (有軌電車)
關于車的一切
車身 body
輪胎 tire (British English: tyre)
前燈 headlight
方向燈 turn signal
保險杠 bumper
引擎蓋 hood
方向盤 steering wheel
后視鏡 rearview mirror
行李箱 trunk
擋風玻璃 windshield
發動機；引擎 engine
變速箱 transmission
離合器 clutch
儀表盤 dash board
跑車 coupe（2 door sporty car）[ku:p]
轎車 sedan（4 door family car）[si'dæn]
三排以上座位的豪華車 limousine ['liməzi:n, ,limə'z-]
敞篷車 convertible [kən'və:təbl]
吉普類車 SUV (sport utility vehicle)
剎車 brake
防死剎車系統 ABS (Anti-lock brake system)
車牌 license plate
常見搭配 Useful Phrases
暈車 car sickness； homesick 想家的；lovesick 苦戀的，犯相思病的
纜車 a cable car
車禍 car accident (短時間的)；car crush
停車場 car park; parking lot
車費 car fare
習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs
car pool(ing) --- 為了節省parking space, 幾人共同使用一輛車
car jack --- 在車中強行搶車；hijack 劫機
名言 Quotations
I don't even like old cars ... I'd rather have a god dam horse. A horse is at least human, for God's sake.
J. D. Salinger (b. 1919), U.S. author. Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye, ch. 17 (1951).
