motorist
英 ['m??t(?)r?st]
美 ['mot?r?st]
中文詞源
motorist 開汽車的人來自motor,汽車。
英文詞源
- motorist (n.)
- "motor-car driver," 1896, from motor- + -ist. Earlier as a name for electric railway drivers (1889). Other early alternatives included motorneer.
"Motorer" we have given our reasons for rejecting, and there only remains "motorist" or a compound like "motor-man" or "motor-driver." Mr. C.P.G. Scott, the etymologist of the Century Dictionary, strongly favors "motor-man" or "motor-driver," though he would not object to "motorist" and prefers it above any other single word.
["Electric Power," October 1889]
雙語例句
- 1. The route took us through scenery quite inaccessible to the motorist.
- 這條路線帶我們穿越了駕車者難以抵達的風景區。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The British motorist has been conned by the government.
- 這位英國汽車司機被政府騙了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The report hammers the private motorist.
- 該報告嚴詞譴責了那個私家車司機。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Horns honk. An angry motorist shouts.
- 汽車喇叭聲響成一片。一個憤怒的司機在大聲叫罵。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. The policeman cautioned the motorist about his speed.
- 警察警告那個司機不要開得太快.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》