喜樂美語
  1. 1nA2/ˈɔːtəmoʊbiːl/ · /ˈɔːtəməbiːl/汽車

    A car that people drive on roads; a more formal or American word for car.

    示範例句 · Example

    In American English, automobile is a more formal word for car.

    逐字在美式英語裡，automobile 是一個比較正式的字給 car。

    「automobile」核心意思就是「汽車」，和 car 指同一樣東西。car 用在日常口語（drive my car），automobile 比較常出現在美式書面、新聞或產業說法裡（the automobile industry）。vehicle 範圍更廣——卡車、巴士也算 vehicle，但 automobile 通常就是指一般小客車。心裡可以想成：同一個「四輪、載人的車」，只是 automobile 聽起來比較正式、比較美式書面。

    常見搭配

    • the automobile industry

      汽車產業；汽車業

      the business of making and selling cars

      The automobile industry is an important part of the economy.

    • automobile manufacturer

      汽車製造商；汽車公司

      a company that makes cars

      That automobile manufacturer builds electric cars now.

    • vintage automobile

      復古汽車；古董車

      an old car that people keep because it is special or beautiful

      The parade included several shiny vintage automobiles.

    • drive an automobile

      開汽車

      to control a car as it moves

      Grandpa learned to drive an automobile when he was sixteen.

    • own an automobile

      擁有一輛汽車

      to have a car that belongs to you

      Few families owned an automobile a hundred years ago.

    意思相近

    carautovehiclemotorcar

core核心畫面

Picture the same object as car, but seen through a more official window: a company report, a museum sign, a news headline about the industry. Automobile points at exactly the thing you would call a car in conversation — the choice of word tells you about the setting, not about the vehicle.

可以想成：眼前是同一台車，只是你透過比較正式的窗口在看它——公司年報、博物館的說明牌、產業新聞的標題。automobile 指的東西跟 car 完全一樣，差別在場合：換這個字，透露的是文章的正式度，而不是那台車有什麼不同。

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

複數 automobiles

意思相近

carautovehiclemotorcar

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

automobilenoun/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

  • 1

    A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load.

    • Meronym: see list of auto parts
    • Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident.

automobileverb/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

  • 1

    datedTo travel by automobile.

    • The misguided youngsters are yachting, attending the races, playing the "stage Johnny," automobiling, playing poker for high stakes, overliving at home, on expensive shopping tours, attending box parties to the theatre, visiting high-priced restaurants, etc., etc.

automobileadj/ˈɔː.tə.məˌbiːl/

  • 1

    Self-moving; self-propelled.

    • As early as 1898 I proposed to representatives of a large manufacturing concern the construction and public exhibition of an automobile carriage which, left to itself, would perform a great variety of operations involving something akin to judgment.

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