- 車
- くるま
car
vehicle
wheel* * *くるま【車】①[自動車]〔乗用車, タクシー〕**car〖C〗(通例自家用の)自動車, 車《◆(1)《主に米》automobile, 《米略式》auto, 《英正式・今はまれ》motorcar の一般語. (2) 通例 bus, taxi, truck などは含まない》by car 車で《◆「彼の車で」の場合×by his car ではなく in [×on] his car》
get into [out of] the car 車に乗る[から降りる]《◆×get on [off] the car は不可》
The car is in [out of] condition. その車は調子がよい[悪い]
She was knocked down by a car. 彼女は車にはねられた
The car won't go. 車が動かない
His car was making 90 miles an hour. 彼の車は時速90マイルで走っていた
a head-on car crash 車の正面衝突.
*carriage〖C〗(主に4輪)馬車;乗物, 車.▲Shall I drive you home? 家まで車で送りましょうか(=Shall I give you a drive [ride] home?)
The park is two hours' drive from here. ここから公園まで車で2時間かかる(=It takes two hours to drive from here to the park. )
Would you like a ride [lift]? 車に乗りませんか《◆途中で乗せること》
This street is clear of traffic at night. この通りは夜は車や人が通らない
I'll pick you up at the hotel. ホテルまで君を車で迎えに行ってあげよう
pick up a taxi 車を拾う.
¶ → 車の¶ → 車止め¶ → 車寄せ②[車輪]〔足車, キャスター〕¶~の跡がついたぬかるむ原っぱa rutted muddy field.* * *Iくるま【車】1 〔車輪〕 a wheel; 〔ピアノなど, 重い家具の下につけるもの〕 a castor.●大きな車のついた荷車 a high-wheeled cart.
2 〔自動車〕 a motorcar; an auto(mobile); a car; 〔タクシー〕 a taxi. [⇒じどうしゃ]●家族用の車 a family car
・左ハンドルの車 a left-hand [left hand] drive vehicle [car].
●車から降りる get out of a car; step out of [alight from] a car.
●(道が)車で混んでいる be crowded with (auto [vehicular]) traffic
・車で行く go by car [taxi]; go in a car [taxi]
・車で旅行をする take a trip by car
・キャンプ旅行に車で出かける go off on a camping trip by car
・車で駅へ行く drive [take a taxi] to the train station
・車で運ぶ take 《goods》 by car [truck]
・その町までは車で 20 分の距離です. The town is a twenty minutes' drive from here [twenty minutes away by car].
・私の車でお宅までお送りします. I'll take you home in my car.
●車に乗る take a (motor)car; ride in a car [taxi]
・車に乗せてやる give sb a ride [lift]
・君の車に乗せてくれ. Give me a ride [lift] (in your car).
・車に荷物を積み込む stow baggage in a car [an auto(mobile)]; load baggage into a car [an auto(mobile)]
・歩いて行きますか. それとも車にしますか. Will you walk, or go by car?
・通りを渡る時は車に注意するんですよ. When you cross a street, watch out for cars.
・車に酔う get carsick.
●車のキー a car key; the key of a car
・車の流れ (a) traffic flow
・車の流れがちょっと途絶えた. There was a slight break in the traffic.
・車の行列 a motorcade
・車の通れる passable for cars
・今は車の世の中だ. This is the age of the 《米》 automobile [《英》 motorcar].
●車を運転する drive a car
・車を飛ばす drive a car fast
・車を拾う pick up [hail] a taxi
・街頭で車を拾った. I hailed a taxi on the street.
・車を回す take a car around 《to the front door》; have a car go around 《to the front door》
・車をお呼びしましょうか? Shall I call for a car (for you)?
・早く車を出せ. Get this car moving!
・9 時きっかりにホテルまで車を差し向けましょう. I'll send a car to the hotel at nine sharp.
・車をぶつける[当てる] bump (one's own car) 《into another car》; crash 《into a tree》
・門のところに車を待たせてあります. The car is waiting (for you) at the gate.
・車を何台も持っている possess [own, have] several cars
・(パレードなどで)車を連ねて in a motorcade.
●その通りは車はあまり通らなかった. Very few cars passed down [along] that street. | There was little (vehicular) traffic along that street.
・この道は車は通れない. 〔狭くて〕 Cars can't get through on this street. | 〔規則で〕 Cars are not allowed on this street.
3 〔人力車〕 a jinrikisha; a ricksha(w).●車を引く pull a ricksha(w).
車の両輪 〔二者が一組になって初めて役立つもの〕 two halves of the same whole.●二人はわが党の車の両輪だ. They're the two wheels on which the Party rolls. | Those two are the heart and soul of our Party.
車公害 〔排気ガスによる〕 auto(mobile) [motor-vehicle, vehicle] exhaust pollution.車社会 an automobile society; a society dependent on cars; an automobile-[a car-]dominated society.IIしゃ【車】a vehicle; 〔車両〕 a car; 〔荷物用の〕 a van; a truck; a wagon; a lorry.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.