Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - taxi
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Taxi
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(taxis, taxiing, taxied) 1. A taxi is a car driven by a person whose job is to take people where they want to go in return for money. The taxi drew up in front of the Riviera Club... He set off by taxi. = cab N-COUNT: also by N 2. When an aircraft taxis along the ground, or when a pilot taxis a plane somewhere, it moves slowly along the ground. She gave permission to the plane to taxi into position and hold for takeoff... The pilot taxied the plane to the end of the runway. VERB: V prep/adv, V n prep/adv, also V, V n
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I. noun (plural ~s; also ~es) Date: circa 1907 ~cab; also a similarly operated boat or aircraft II. verb (~ed; ~ing; ~s or ~es) Date: 1911 intransitive verb 1. a. of an aircraft to go at low speed along the surface of the ground or water b. to operate an aircraft on the ground under its own power 2. to ride in a ~cab ~ed to the train station transitive verb 1. to transport by or as if by ~ 2. to cause (an aircraft) to ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (pl. taxis) 1 (in full taxi-cab) a motor car licensed to ply for hire and usu. fitted with a taximeter. 2 a boat etc. similarly used. --v. (taxis, taxied, taxiing or taxying) 1 a intr. (of an aircraft or pilot) move along the ground under the machine's own power before take-off or after landing. b tr. cause (an aircraft) to taxi. 2 intr. & tr. go or convey in a taxi. Phrases and idioms taxi dancer a dancing partner available for hire. taxi-driver a driver of a taxi. taxi rank (US stand) a place where taxis wait to be hired. Etymology: abbr. of taximeter cab ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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такси, выруливать taxi to take-off position — выруливать на старт - taxi out - taxi to - taxi track ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. такси taxi driver —- водитель такси, таксист taxi rank —- стоянка такси air taxi —- прогулочный самолет, авиатакси 2. ам. разг. см. -dancer 3. разг. ехать на такси 4. разг. везти на такси 5. разг. ав. рулить 6. разг. выруливать the aircraft taxied off the field —- самолет выруливал с летного поля ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~1 n a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere; cab (1) (flag (down)/hail a taxi (=wave or shout at a taxi to make it stop)) ~2 v if a plane taxis, it moves slowly along the ground before taking off or after landing ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1907, shortening of taximeter cab (introduced in London in March 1907), from taximeter "automatic meter to record the distance and fare" (1898), from Fr. taximиtre, from Ger. Taxameter, from M.L. taxa "tax, charge." The verb is 1911, from earlier noun use as slang for "aircraft." An earlier Eng. form was taxameter (1894), used in horsedrawn cabs. Taxicab is also first attested 1907. Taxi squad in U.S. football is 1966, from a former Cleveland Browns owner who gave his reserves jobs with his taxicab company to keep them paid and available. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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