a person whose job is to drive a car, especially for somebody rich or important (尤指富人或要人的)司機 His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside. 他的司機在外面的街上等着。 They were met at the airport by a chauffeur in uniform. 他們在機場由一名穿制服的司機迎接。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine. 那對新人坐上由專職司機開的豪華轎車出發了。 He needs someone to act as bodyguard and chauffeur. 他需要有人充當保镖兼司機。 Her former chauffeur sold his story to a newspaper. 她的前司機把他的故事賣給了一家報紙。
Oxford Collocations Dictionarychauffeur + verb- drive (somebody/something)
- chauffeur-driven
Word Originlate 19th cent. (in the general sense ‘motorist’): from French, literally ‘stoker’ (by association with steam engines), from chauffer ‘to heat’.