taxi

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

see also BUS, CAR
- a car with a driver whose job it is to take you somewhere for money: taxi, (especially AmE) cab
- a person who uses a taxi: passenger
- a place where taxis park while they are waiting for passengers: taxi rank (AmE cab stand)
- a person who drives a taxi: taxi driver (AmE cab driver)
- the money you pay for a journey by taxi: fare
Can you tell me roughly how much the fare will be to the airport?
- a machine in a taxi which shows you how much money you have to pay: meter
- a small amount of money you give to a taxi driver to thank him/her: tip; verb: tip sb (sth)
I gave him a big tip because he was so helpful with my luggage. ◎ How much should I tip the taxi driver?
- to call or wave to a taxi to get it to stop for you: hail a taxi
- to telephone a taxi company and ask them to send a taxi to you: phone for a taxi, call a taxi
Would you like me to call a taxi for you?
- to travel in a taxi: take* a taxi, get* a taxi, go* by taxi
We missed the bus and had to get a taxi.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cab, hack, taxicab