motorist
英 ['məʊt(ə)rɪst]
美 ['motərɪst]
motorist 中文词源
motorist 开汽车的人来自motor,汽车。
motorist 英文词源
- motorist (n.)
- "motor-car driver," 1896, from motor- + -ist. Earlier as a name for electric railway drivers (1889). Other early alternatives included motorneer.
"Motorer" we have given our reasons for rejecting, and there only remains "motorist" or a compound like "motor-man" or "motor-driver." Mr. C.P.G. Scott, the etymologist of the Century Dictionary, strongly favors "motor-man" or "motor-driver," though he would not object to "motorist" and prefers it above any other single word.
["Electric Power," October 1889]
motorist 双语例句
1. The route took us through scenery quite inaccessible to the motorist. 这条路线带我们穿越了驾车者难以抵达的风景区。 来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The British motorist has been conned by the government.
- 这位英国汽车司机被政府骗了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The report hammers the private motorist.
- 该报告严词谴责了那个私家车司机。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. Horns honk. An angry motorist shouts.
- 汽车喇叭声响成一片。一个愤怒的司机在大声叫骂。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. The policeman cautioned the motorist about his speed.
- 警察警告那个司机不要开得太快.
来自《简明英汉词典》