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chauffeur

noun
🔊/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
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  1. a person whose job is to drive a car, especially for somebody rich or important（尤指富人或要人的）司机
    • His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside.他的司机在外面的街道上等着。
    • They were met at the airport by a chauffeur in uniform.他们在机场由一名穿制服的司机迎接。
    Extra Examples
    • The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine.那对新人坐上由专职司机开的豪华轿车出发了。
    • He needs someone to act as bodyguard and chauffeur.他需要有人担任保镖和司机。
    • Her former chauffeur sold his story to a newspaper.她的前司机把他的故事卖给了一家报纸。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionarychauffeur + verb
    • drive (somebody/​something)
    phrases
    • chauffeur-driven
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    Word Originlate 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’.

chauffeur

verb
🔊/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they chauffeur
🔊/ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
he / she / it chauffeurs
🔊/ˈʃəʊfəz/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːrz/
past simple chauffeured
🔊/ˈʃəʊfəd/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːrd/
past participle chauffeured
🔊/ˈʃəʊfəd/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːrd/
-ing form chauffeuring
🔊/ˈʃəʊfərɪŋ/
🔊/ʃəʊˈfɜːrɪŋ/
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  1. chauffeur somebody to drive somebody in a car, usually as your job为某人开车；当司机
    • He was chauffeured to all his meetings.他由司机开车送去参加所有的会议。🔊🔊
    • a chauffeured limousine有专职司机驾驶的豪华轿车
    • With young children, you spend a lot of your time chauffeuring them around to all their various activities.对于年幼的孩子，您会花费很多时间陪同他们进行各种活动。
    Word Originlate 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’.