◙ (pl. taxis) 1. a motor vehicle licensed to transport passengers in return for payment of a fare and typically fitted with a taximeter • 出租车 a boat or other means of transportation similarly used • 出租汽船（或其他交通工具） (in South Africa) a light vehicle, especially a minibus, transporting passengers along a fixed route for a set fare but not operating to a timetable • （南非的）小型机动车 ◙ (taxies, taxied, taxiing 或 taxying), [no obj., with adverbial of direction] 1. (of an aircraft) move slowly along the ground before take-off or after landing • （飞机）缓慢滑行 »the plane taxis up to a waiting limousine. 飞机缓缓滑向一辆等在那里的豪华轿车。 [with obj.] (of a pilot) cause (an aircraft) to move in such a way • （飞行员）驾驶（飞机）缓慢滑行 2. take a taxi as a means of transport • 乘出租车 »I would taxi home and sleep till eight. 我会坐出租车回家，一直睡到八点。
【语源】
1. early 20th cent.: abbreviation of taxi-cab or taximeter cab (seetaximeter)