Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - chauffeur
Связанные словари
Chauffeur
chauffeur
Рейтинг статьи:
См. в других словарях
1.
(chauffeurs, chauffeuring, chauffeured) 1. The chauffeur of a rich or important person is the man or woman who is employed to look after their car and drive them around in it. N-COUNT 2. If you chauffeur someone somewhere, you drive them there in a car, usually as part of your job. It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around... Caroline had a chauffeured car waiting to take her to London. VERB: V n adv/prep, V-ed, also V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
I. noun Etymology: French, literally, stoker, from chauffer to heat, from Old French chaufer — more at chafe Date: 1899 a person employed to drive a motor vehicle II. verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 1917 intransitive verb to do the work of a ~ transitive verb 1. to transport in the manner of a ~ ~s the children to school 2. to operate (as an automobile) as ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
n. & v. --n. (fem. chauffeuse) a person employed to drive a private or hired motor car. --v.tr. drive (a car or a person) as a chauffeur. Etymology: F, = stoker ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1. наемный шофер (легковой машины, особ. частного владельца) 2. водитель (машины) 3. работать шофером (у частного лица); быть (чьим-л) шофером 4. возить (кого-л) she chauffeurs the children to school —- она сама отвозит детей в школу (на своем автомобиле) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
Англо-русский словарь
6.
- 1902, from Fr., "stoker," operator of a steam engine, Fr. nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from O.Fr. chaufer (see chafe). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
Вопрос-ответ:
Похожие слова
Ссылка для сайта или блога:
Ссылка для форума (bb-код):
Самые популярные термины
1 | 12716 | |
2 | 2608 | |
3 | 2445 | |
4 | 1708 | |
5 | 1673 | |
6 | 988 | |
7 | 978 | |
8 | 862 | |
9 | 782 | |
10 | 780 | |
11 | 745 | |
12 | 738 | |
13 | 688 | |
14 | 679 | |
15 | 643 | |
16 | 640 | |
17 | 638 | |
18 | 630 | |
19 | 614 | |
20 | 610 |