A taxicab is a car with a driver that you pay to take you where you want to go — in other words, a taxi. The meaning is exactly the same as taxi; only the feeling is different.

A taxicab is a car with a drivertaxicab（計程車）就是一輛有司機的車 that you pay to take you where you want to go你付錢請他載你去想去的地方 in other words也就是說 a taxi就是計程車 The meaning is exactly the same as taxi意思跟taxi完全一樣 only the feeling is different只是感覺不太一樣

Taxicab is the longer, older, more official form. You will find it in American writing, in city rules and licence documents, in newspapers, and in older films and books.

Taxicab is the longer, older, more official formtaxicab是比較長、比較舊、比較正式的說法 You will find it in American writing你會在美國的書面文字裡看到它 in city rules and licence documents在城市法規和牌照文件裡 in newspapers在報紙裡 and in older films and books以及比較舊的電影和書裡

Almost nobody says the whole word out loud when they want a ride; they say taxi, or cab, or in many places now they just name the app. So think of it as the full formal name of a thing that everyday speech has shortened at both ends: keep the front and you get taxi, keep the back and you get cab. Both halves became words on their own.

Almost nobody says the whole word out loud when they want a ride幾乎沒有人要叫車時會把整個字講出來 they say taxi, or cab他們會說taxi、或cab or in many places now they just name the app或者現在很多地方直接講app的名字 So think of it as the full formal name of a thing所以可以把它想成一個東西完整正式的名字 that everyday speech has shortened at both ends而日常說話把它前後都縮短了 keep the front and you get taxi留前面就變成taxi keep the back and you get cab留後面就變成cab Both halves became words on their own這兩半都各自變成了獨立的字

Americans lean towards cab; British speakers lean towards taxi, and in London the black ones are black cabs.

Americans lean towards cab美國人比較習慣用cab British speakers lean towards taxi英國人比較習慣用taxi and in London the black ones are black cabs而在倫敦，那些黑色的車就叫black cabs

There is also a verb 'to taxi', but that one belongs to aeroplanes moving slowly on the ground, not to cars.

There is also a verb 'to taxi'也有動詞to taxi but that one belongs to aeroplanes moving slowly on the ground不過那是指飛機在地面上緩慢滑行 not to cars不是指車子