chauffeur

英 ['???f?; ???'f??] 美[?o'f?]

近義詞driver

CET6+TEM4低頻詞擴展詞匯

復數(shù):?chauffeurs;第三人稱單數(shù):?chauffeurs;過去式:?chauffeured;過去分詞:?chauffeured;現(xiàn)在分詞:?chauffeuring;

諧音“師傅”，我們經(jīng)常稱呼馬路上的司機為“師傅”。詞根-chauf-指“加熱”，來自古法語chaufer“加熱”。司機和加熱是什么關(guān)系呢？最早的汽車是用蒸汽驅(qū)動的，每15分鐘就要停車向鍋爐加煤，以保持熱能。同源的chafe（摩擦）就不難理解了，摩擦生熱嘛~

chauffeur 司機

詞源同chafe, 擦熱，加熱，-eur, 人。原指早期給火車加煤的人，后用來指司機，特指富人或要人的私人司機。

chauffeur (n.): 1896, originally "a motorist," from French chauffeur, literally "stoker," operator of a steam engine, French nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from Old French chaufer "to heat, warm up; to become hot" (see chafe). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. Sense of "professional or paid driver of a private motor car" is from 1902.
The '95 Duryea wagon, which won the Chicago contest Fall, was exhibited at the Detroit Horse Show last week. Charles B. King, treasurer of the American Motor League, acted as "chauffeur," as the French say. ["The Horseless Age," April 1896]
chauffeur (v.): 1902, from chauffeur (n.). Related: Chauffeured; chauffeuring.

1. His chauffeur misread his route and took a wrong turning.: 他的司機看錯路線，拐錯了方向。

2. It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.: 有她在那兒還是挺有用的，能開車帶他到處跑。