Everyday Expressions

　　n. [C] 小汽車 (美語中也用 automobile)

　　He goes to school by car.

　　n. 車廂 (美語中也用carriage)

　　Cafe cars are operated on trains by the Railways. (列車上有吸煙休息室的餐車由鐵道部門經(jīng)營。)

　　n. 其他車輛

　　I go to work by street car every day. (有軌電車)

　　車身--- body

　　輪胎--- tire(British English: tyre)

　　前燈--- headlight

　　方向燈--- turn signal

　　保險杠--- bumper

　　引擎蓋--- hood

　　方向盤--- steering wheel

　　后視鏡--- rearview mirror

　　行李箱--- trunk

　　擋風玻璃--- windshield

　　發(fā)動機;引擎 --- engine

　　變速箱--- transmission

　　離合器 --- clutch

　　儀表盤 --- dash board

　　跑車--- coupe(2 door sporty car)

　　轎車--- sedan(4 door family car)

　　三排以上座位的豪華車--- limonsine

　　敞篷車--- convertible

　　吉普類車---SUV (sport utility vehicle)

　　剎車--- brake

　　防死剎車系統(tǒng)--- ABS (Anti-lock brake system)

　　車牌--- license plate

　　常見搭配 Useful Phrases

　　暈車 --- car sickness

　　纜車 --- a cable car

　　車禍 --- car accident (短時間的)

　　停車場 --- car park

　　車費 --- car fare

　　習語與俗語 Idioms & Slangs

　　car pool(ing) --- 為了節(jié)省parking space, 幾人共同使用一輛車

　　car jack --- 在車中強行搶車

　　生活用語 Street Talks

　　A: Can I borrow your car tonight?

　　B: Just make sure you don’t wreck it.

　　A: Nancy, you want to go to a movie now?

　　B: Sorry, I can’t leave now. I’m car pooling today

　　電影對白 Transcripts

　　句型 Do you have a patrol car in the vicinity of twelve hundred Glenview Road? 《畢業(yè)生》

　　Did the dry cleaners have your car? 《情歸巴黎》

　　I was just taking her hand, to help her out of a car. 《西雅圖夜未眠》

　　The car is down this way. 《西雅圖夜未眠》

　　Please do not leave your car unattended. 《畢業(yè)生》

　　對話 Mr. Carlson: Is that the new car out there? The little red Wop job?

　　Mr. Braddock: That's Ben's graduation present. 《畢業(yè)生》

　　Mrs. Robinson: We'd go to his car.

　　Ben: Oh no. In the car you did it?

　　Mrs. Robinson: I don't think we were the first.

　　Ben: What kind of car was it?

　　Mrs. Robinson: What?

　　Ben: Do you remember the make of the car?

　　Mrs. Robinson: Oh my God.

　　Ben: Really. I want to know.

　　Mrs. Robinson: It was a Ford, Benjamin. 《畢業(yè)生》.

　　名言 Quotations

　　I don’t even like old cars … I’d rather have a goddam horse. A horse is at least human, for God’s sake.

　　J. D. Salinger (b. 1919), U.S. author. Holden Caulfield, in The Catcher in the Rye, ch. 17 (1951).