tax‧i 1 S3 / tæksi / 名词 [可数名词]

a car and driver that you pay to take you somewhere 同义词 cab :  

They sent me home in a taxi.

COLLOCATIONS

动词

take/get a taxi We took a taxi to the hotel.

go/come/arrive by taxi I went back home by taxi.

hail a taxi (= wave or call to a taxi to stop for you to get in ) I rushed outside and hailed a taxi.

phone for/call a taxi (= telephone for a taxi to come ) Can you phone for a taxi and I’ll get our coats.

call somebody a taxi (= telephone for a taxi to come for someone else ) Call me a taxi, would you?

get into/out of a taxi He got into a taxi outside the station.

taxi + NOUN

a taxi ride The centre of town is a five minute taxi ride away.

a taxi fare She couldn’t afford the £18 taxi fare.

a taxi driver He paid the taxi driver and got out.

a taxi service We operate a taxi service to and from the airport.

a taxi rank British English , a taxi stand American English (= a place where taxis wait for customers ) There’s a taxi rank just outside the hotel.

COMMON ERRORS

► Do not say ’ get on a taxi ‘. Say get in a taxi .