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A charioteer is the person who drives a chariot — the one who holds the reins, stands in the cart, and tries not to be thrown out at the turn. In the ancient this was a real job, and a famous charioteer could become rich and loved, rather like a sports star. In war, the charioteer often drove while a fighter beside him threw spears. The word is almost only for that old world; you would not call a taxi driver a charioteer except as a joke. Though actually, books also use it as a verb, to charioteer, meaning to drive a chariot, but you will rarely need that. The ending -eer is a “person who…” ending, but here it is firmly tied to chariot.
戰車駕駛;駕戰車的人
組成From Middle English charioter, from Old French charioteur, “charioteer”, and charretier, “coachman”. By the look of the English word: chariot + -eer, a person tied to that thing.
同家族的字
- chariotthe vehicle this person drives; charioteer is chariot + -eer
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
charioteernoun/ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/
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A person who drives a chariot.
charioteerverb/ˌt͡ʃɛ.ɹi.əˈtɪɹ/
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To drive a chariot.
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To drive someone in a chariot.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。