limousine

noun
🔊/ˈlɪməziːn/, 🔊/ˌlɪməˈziːn/
🔊/ˈlɪməziːn/, 🔊/ˌlɪməˈziːn/
(also informal limo)
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  1. a large, expensive, comfortable car大型高级轿车;豪华轿车
    • a long black chauffeur-driven limousine由专职司机驾驶的黑色豪华加长轿车
    • They walked back to the waiting limousine.他们朝等候着的豪华轿车走回去。
    see also stretch limoTopics Transport by car or lorryc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • long
    • black
    See full entry
  2. (especially North American English) a large vehicle that takes people to and from an airport(往返机场接送旅客的)中型客车,小型公共汽车
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • big
    • long
    • black
    See full entry
  3. (especially North American English) a kind of luxury taxi that you can hire for a few hours, especially for a special event with a group of people
  4. Word Originearly 20th cent.: from French, feminine adjective meaning ‘of Limousin’, originally denoting a cloak with a cape worn in Limousin, a region of central France: originally the driver's seat of the car was outside in a separate compartment, covered with a canopy.