car
US: /ˈkɑɹ/
UK: /kˈɑː/
UK: /kˈɑː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
car /kɑ:/
- danh từ
- xe ô tô; xe
- to go by car: đi bằng ô tô
- armoured car: (quân sự) xe bọc thép
- amphibious car: (quân sự) xe lội nước
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) toa (xe lửa, xe điện)
- goods car: toa chở hàng
- giỏ khí cầu
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) buồng thang máy
- (thơ ca) xe, xa
- car of the sun: xe mặt trời
- xe ô tô; xe
Advanced English dictionary
(also BrE formal motor car) (AmE also automobile)
+ noun
1 a road vehicle with an engine and four wheels that can carry a small number of passengers: Paula got into the car and drove off. + 'How did you come?' 'By car.' + Are you going in the car? + a car driver / manufacturer / dealer + a car accident / crash + Where can I park the car?
2 (AmE) any carriage on a train: Several cars went off the rails.
3 (BrE) (in compounds) a railway carriage of a particular type: a sleeping / dining car
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 (motor) vehicle, motor car, automobile, passenger car, Old-fashioned or Slang motor; Chiefly US auto; Colloq jalopy, heap, pile, crate, machine, buggy, transport; Slang wheels:
Borrow a car and drive down for the weekend.
2 (railway) carriage:
The body was found in a sleeping car of the Orient Express.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
fast | new | second-hand, used
a used car salesman
| veteran, vintage | private
The government wants more people to use public transport instead of private cars.
| diesel, electric, motor, petrol | estate, hatchback, saloon, sports | armoured, Panda, patrol, police, squad, unmarked
Police in an unmarked car had been following the stolen vehicle for several minutes.
| racing, rally, stock | company, hire | getaway
The robbers abandoned their getaway car in Sealand Road.
| parked
There was a line of parked cars in front of the building.
VERB + CAR
go/travel by | drive | have, own, run
It's very expensive to run a car these days.
| take
It's too far to walk. I'll take the car.
| get in/into, pile into
He got in the car and they drove off. The kids all piled into the car.
| get out of | get out
You lock up the house and I'll get the car out.
| stop | back, reverse | overtake, pass | lose control of
I lost control of the car and it spun off the road.
| leave, park | abandon, dump | build, make, manufacture, produce | repair, service, work on | take in
I've got to take the car in for service.
| wash | hire | break into, steal
CAR + VERB
start
Despite the cold, the car started first time.
| run on sth
cars that run on diesel
| do sth
The car does 55 miles per gallon. The car was doing over 100 miles an hour.
| pull out, turn out
What cheek! That car pulled out right in front of me!
| drive off, pull away | overtake sb/sth, pass sb/sth | accelerate | slow down | come to a halt, draw up, pull up, stop | skid, spin
Her car skidded on a patch of ice.
| break down, stall | collide with sth, crash, hit sth, leave the road
His car hit a van coming in the opposite direction.
CAR + NOUN
boot, door, engine, horn, key, phone, tyre, window
a car boot sale (= an outdoor sale where people sell things from the backs of their cars)
| park, parking
There's not enough car parking in the town centre.
| driver | dealer, salesman, showroom | accident, crash | wash | tax | ferry
PREP.
by ~
They take the children to school by car.
| in a/the ~
I'll wait for you in the car.
PHRASES
cars on the roads
The number of cars on the roads is increasing all the time.
| a make/model of car
Concise English dictionary
carskɑː
noun
+a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
+a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad
+a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway
+the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant
+where passengers ride up and down
