limousine

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

1. An automobile body with seats and permanent top like a coupe, and with the top projecting over the driver and a projecting front.
2. An automobile with such a body.
3. A luxury sedan or saloon car, especially one with a lengthened wheelbase or driven by a chauffeur.
4. An automobile for transportation to or from an airport, including sedans, vans, and buses.

Phát âm là (IPA)

/ˌlɪməˈziːn/

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Borrowed from French limousine, from region Limousin, originally an adjective referring to the city Limoges, from Latin Lemovices (adjective Lemovicīnus), name of a Gaulish tribe in central France, most likely a reference to their elm bows and spears, of same ultimate origin as elm.

Câu

A ritzy limousine was driving along the fifth avenue .

Một chiếc limousine rùng rợn đang lái xe dọc theo Đại lộ thứ năm.