a person whose job is to drive a car, especially for somebody rich or important (尤指富人或要人的)司机 His chauffeur was waiting in the street outside. 他的司机在外面的街上等着。 They were met at the airport by a chauffeur in uniform. 他们在机场由一名穿制服的司机迎接。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc1, Jobsc1The newly-weds set off in a chauffeur-driven limousine. 那对新人坐上由专职司机开的豪华轿车出发了。 He needs someone to act as bodyguard and chauffeur. 他需要有人充当保镖兼司机。 Her former chauffeur sold his story to a newspaper. 她的前司机把他的故事卖给了一家报纸。
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’.