chauffeur
noun /ˈʃəʊfə(r)/
/ʃəʊˈfɜːr/
- a person whose job is to drive a car, especially for somebody rich or important
（尤指富人或要人的）司机 - His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside.
他的司机在外面的街上等着。 - They were met at the airport by a chauffeur in uniform.
他们在机场由一名穿制服的司机迎接。
Topics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1- The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine.
那对新人坐上由专职司机开的豪华轿车出发了。 - He needs someone to act as bodyguard and chauffeur.
他需要有人充当保镖兼司机。 - Her former chauffeur sold his story to a newspaper.
她的前司机把他的故事卖给了一家报纸。
Collocations Dictionarychauffeur + verb- drive (somebody/something)
- chauffeur-driven
词源late 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’. - His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside.