English-Thai Dictionary
car
N รถยนต์ รถ พาหนะ automobile auto motor car rod-yon
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CAR
n. 1. A small vehicle moved on wheels, usually drawn by one horse.
2. In poetical language, any vehicle of dignity or splendor; a chariot of war, or of triumph.
3. The constellation called Charless wain or the bear.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CAR
Car, n. Etym: [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot. ]
1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]
Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.
3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic ]. The gilded car of day. Milton. The towering car, the sable steeds. Tennyson.
4. (Astron.)
Defn: The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper. The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden.
5. The cage of a lift or elevator.
6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a ballon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad ), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood ), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad ), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car, an ommibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] -- Palace car, Drawing- room car, Sleeping car, Parior caretc., (Railroad ), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.
New American Oxford Dictionary
car
car |kär kɑr | ▶noun a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people: we're going by car | [ as modifier ] : a car crash. • a railroad vehicle for passengers or freight: the first-class cars. • the passenger compartment of an elevator, cableway, airship, or balloon. • literary a chariot. DERIVATIVES car ful |-ˌfo͝ol |noun ( pl. carfuls ) ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle ’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.
Oxford Dictionary
car
car |kɑː | ▶noun a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal-combustion engine and able to carry a small number of people: we're going by car | [ as modifier ] : a car crash. • a railway carriage or (N. Amer. ) wagon: the first-class cars. • the passenger compartment of a lift, cableway, or balloon. • literary a chariot. DERIVATIVES carful noun ( pl. carfuls ) ORIGIN late Middle English (in the general sense ‘wheeled vehicle ’): from Old Northern French carre, based on Latin carrum, carrus, of Celtic origin.
American Oxford Thesaurus
car
car noun 1 he drove up in his car: automobile, motor vehicle, vehicle; dated motorcar; informal auto, wheels, gas guzzler; jalopy, lemon, junker, clunker, Tin Lizzie, rustbucket. 2 the dining car: carriage, coach.
Oxford Thesaurus
car
car noun 1 an officer drove up in a car: motor car, automobile, motor, machine; informal wheels, heap, crate, (old ) banger, jalopy, limo; N. Amer. informal auto; US informal hooptie; archaic horseless carriage. 2 they set off up the train to eat in the dining car: carriage, coach; Brit. saloon; Indian bogie.
Duden Dictionary
Car
Car Substantiv, maskulin schweizerisch , der |C a r |der Car; Genitiv: des Cars, Plural: die Cars Kurzwort für: Autocar
French Dictionary
car
car n. m. nom masculin Abréviation familière de autocar. : Un car de touristes américains.
car
car conj. conjonction Conjonction servant à présenter la raison, l ’explication de ce qui vient d ’être formulé. : L ’enfant n ’ira pas à l ’école demain, car il a la rougeole. SYNONYME parce que . Note Syntaxique Généralement précédée d ’une virgule, la conjonction car est placée après la proposition principale qui énonce le fait expliqué. Note Technique La juxtaposition des conjonctions car et en effet est un pléonasme à éviter.
Spanish Dictionary
car
car nombre masculino mar Extremo inferior y más grueso de la antena .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
car
car /kɑː r /〖語源は 「(小型の )馬車 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 (自家用の )自動車 , 乗用車 , 車 (!｟米 ｠automobile, auto, ｟英 ｠motorcarよりも広く用いられる; 通例バス トラック タクシーは含まない ) ▸ drive [park ] a car 車を運転 [駐車 ]する ▸ get in (to ) [out of ] a car 車に乗る [から降りる ] (!バスなどの乗り降りはget on [off ]) ▸ rent [｟英 ｠hire ] a car 車を借りる ▸ travel by car [in one's car ]車で旅行する (!移動手段を表すbyの後では無冠詞; ╳by one's carとしない; →by 前置詞 2a 語法 ) ▸ I can't remember the make of his car .彼の車の車種が思い出せない ▸ a rental car レンタカー ▸ a used [secondhand ] car 中古車 ▸ a patrol [｟米 ｠squad ] car パトカー ▸ a car accident [crash ]自動車事故 ｟作文のポイント ｠私たちは彼の車であちこち移動した .× We drove around by his car .○ We drove around in his car .❢「車で 」はby carだが, one'sがあると 前置詞 はin .2 (鉄道の )車両 , …車 ; ｟米 ｠客車 , 貨車 (｟英 ｠goods wagon ); 路面電車 (｟米 ｠streetcar, ｟英 ｠tram )▸ a sleeping [a dining, an observation ] car 寝台 [食堂, 展望 ]車 ▸ a passenger car 客車 ▸ a freight car 貨車 3 (ロープウェイの )ゴンドラ ; (気球などの )つりかご ; ｟米 ｠(エレベータの )箱 ; 運搬具 .4 ｟文 ｠＝chariot .～́ al à rm 車両用防犯アラーム .～́ b è d (車で幼児を運ぶ時に用いる )携帯用幼児ベッド .～́ b ò mb (テロリストが仕掛ける )自動車爆弾 .～̀ b ó ot s à le ｟英 ｠カーブートセール 〘不用品を車のトランク (car boot )に詰め込んで広場などで売るフリーマーケット 〙.～́ c ò at カーコート 〘七分丈のコート 〙.～́ f è rry カーフェリー 〘車両を運搬する船 飛行機 〙.～́ p à rk ｟英 ｠駐車場 (｟米 ｠ parking lot ).～́ p ò ol 1 カープール 〘通学 通勤のために交替で自家用車に相乗りをすること 〙.2 ｟主に英 ｠社用車 (群 ).～́ s è at 1 自動車の座席 .2 チャイルドシート (child seat ).～́ t à x ｟英 ｠自動車税 (road tax ).～́ w à sh 洗車場 [機 ].
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