1. C 汽车，轿车　 a road vehicle with usually four wheels which is driven by a motor and used as a means of travel for a small number of people
2. C （火车）车厢　 a railway carriage

　back a ～ into a garage　把汽车倒开进车库
　bring a ～ to a standstill　刹车
　catch a ～　赶乘汽车
　change ～s at　在…换乘汽车
　crash a ～　撞汽车
　drive a ～　开车，驾驶汽车
　fuel a ～　给汽车加燃料
　go by ～　乘车去（旅行）
　gear up a ～　使汽车换快挡
　hire a ～　租车
　jack up a ～　把车顶起
　load a ～　给汽车装载
　operate a ～　驾车，开车
　overhaul a ～　对汽车进行检修
　own a ～　拥有汽车
　park a ～　停放汽车
　purchase a ～　买汽车
　repair a ～　修车
　ride in a ～　乘汽车
　road-test a ～　公路检验汽车
　service a ～　维修保养车
　slow down a ～　减速
　speed up a ～　加速
　stop a ～　停车
　take a ～　乘坐汽车
　total a ～　毁坏汽车
　tune up a ～　调车
　turn a ～ around　汽车掉头
　uncouple railroad ～s　分开火车的车厢
　use a ～　使用汽车
　wash a ～　刷洗汽车
　wreck a ～　毁坏汽车
　write off a ～　毁掉汽车
　broken ～　破汽车
　clinic ～　医疗车
　cross-country ～　越野汽车
　crowded ～　挤满人的汽车
　economy-size ～　经济型汽车
　electric ～　电车
　empty ～　空车
　flat ～　平板货车
　huge ～　很大的汽车
　modern ～　现代化的汽车
　new ～　新汽车
　old ～　旧汽车
　old-fashioned ～　老式汽车
　open ～　敞篷汽车
　private ～　私人小汽车
　reconditioned ～　修理好了的汽车
　used ～　旧汽车
　wrecked ～　被撞坏的汽车
　air cushion ～　气垫车
　baby ～　微型汽车
　baggage ～　行李车（厢）
　box ～　棚车，集装箱
　cable ～　缆车
　cattle ～　（运）牛车
　club ～　豪华客车
　combat ～　装甲车
　command ～　指挥车
　dining ～　餐车
　drawing-room ～　火车卧车中的私人车室
　family ～　家用车
　mail ～　邮政车
　passenger ～　客车
　pleasure ～　旅游车
　police ～　警车
　racing ～　赛车
　railroad ～　火车车厢
　sleeping ～　卧车，卧铺车厢
　stock ～　普通汽车改装的赛车用汽车
　tank ～　铁路的油槽车，槽车
　touring ～　游览车
　～ crash　车祸
　by ～　乘车
　in a ～　开车
　on the ～　车上
　～ for private use　私人用车

　Jacelin had so absorbed with watching the car passing by that he didn't notice his friends coming.　杰斯林注视那辆车是如此地专心，以至于他的朋友来了都没有看到。
　You will have to block up the wheel of the car to change the tyre.　换轮胎必须把车轮垫起来。
　This car exactly answers to the description of the stolen car.　这辆汽车和所说的那辆被盗走的车的特点完全相符。
　They advertised that they had a used car for sale.　他们做广告说他们有一辆旧车出售。
　We have agreed on the price for the second-hand car.　这辆旧车的价钱我们已敲定。
　The driver assisted the old man out of a car.　司机帮助那位老人下车。
　The traffic was so thick that a whole row of cars got blocked in.　交通十分拥挤，一大队汽车都被堵住了。
　He wanted ￡800 for the car but I beat him down to ￡600.　那部车他索价800镑，但我把他的价钱杀到600镑。
　The car's engine is beginning to act up.　这辆车的引擎开始出毛病了。
　A driver uses brakes to arrest his car's speed.　司机用刹车降低车速。
　His reckless driving accounted for the car accident.　他开车鲁莽是出车祸的原因。
　Next you must learn how to back a car into a parking space.　下一步你应该学会如何把车倒入停车的空地。
　I figured in our cable car tickets but forgot the bus fares.　我把缆车票算进去却把公共汽车费忘了。
　Before eight o'clock they arrived upon the scene by car.　八点钟时他们乘车来到现场。
　The news of the car accident astonished everybody.　小轿车发生车祸的消息使大家非常震惊。
　She can well afford a new car.　她完全买得起一辆新轿车。
　He boiled over when his wife drove a car into the wall.　在他妻子驾车撞到墙上时，他大发了一通脾气。
　Is there a sleeping car attached to the train?　本次列车有没有附设一节卧铺车厢?
　He scanned the newspaper while waiting for the passenger car.　他边等客车边看报纸。
　Some vandals had slashed the seat covers on the passenger car.　一些破坏公物的人将客车上的座套划破了。
　We can guarantee the punctual arrival of the armoured cars in foggy weather.　雾天我们能保证装甲车准时到达。
　We don't have to fit the special air cushion car into the timetable.　我们不需把这次气垫车安排在时间表中。
　A passenger car, unable to stop in time, sliced through a bus, killed eighty passengers.　火车没能及时刹住车，撞上了一辆公共汽车，使80位乘客丧生。

 ♣ the man in the car　
　老百姓　ordinary people
　The man in the car can only guess at the causes of the sharp rise in the cost of living.　普通百姓对生活费用急剧上涨的原因只能猜测。
　They knew that his views on governing the country served the man in the car.　他们知道他的治国思想就是为老百姓服务。

 ♣ car, automobile, bus, lorry, taxi, truck
　参见automobile条。
 ♣ 下面各组中的短语意思不同：

　你打算乘出租车还是乘你朋友的汽车回去　?
　［误］ Are you going back by taxi or by your friend's car?
　［正］ Are you going back by taxi or in your friend's car?
　［析］ 表示“乘小汽车”可以用by car，但是，当car前有了修饰语时，即特指时就应该用介词in.

　［同义词］ autocar, buggy, drag, vehicle, automobile
　［词源］　英国法语carre<中古拉丁语carra（汽车，车，车厢）