runabout

英 [ˈrʌnəbaʊt]

美 [ˈrʌnəbaʊt]

n.  (用于短途旅行的)小型汽车

第三人称单数：runabouts　复数：runabouts　

BNC.39844 / COCA.31553

牛津词典

noun

• （用于短途旅行的）小型汽车
  a small car, especially one used for short journeys

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 轻便汽车;小汽车
  Arunaboutis a small car used mainly for short journeys. In American English,runaboutis used of cars with open tops.
  1. ...a small 1-litre runabout.
     百公里油耗为1升的小型轻便汽车
• 小汽艇;小型摩托艇
  Arunaboutis a small, light boat with a motor.

英英释义

noun

• an open automobile having a front seat and a rumble seat
  Synonym:roadstertwo-seater

双语例句

• He hung up the receiver and called for his runabout.
  他挂上了耳机，叫了他的轻便马车。
• Sabine pulled up in her little runabout.
  萨拜因将她那辆小型轻便车停下来。
• The drawing of Google's prototype suggests a small urban runabout that looks nothing like a conventional car.
  谷歌原型车的蓝图像是一辆小型的城市轻便车，而不是传统的轿车。
• The steam driven Runabout had been in the same family for81 years before Friday's sale.
  这台蒸汽驱动的小汽车周五拍卖之前已经在同一个家庭里生活了81年之久。
• His father already has an Audi A6, a big German saloon, he says, but has sent him to find a family runabout.
  他说他父亲已经有了一辆奥迪a6（一种德国产大型轿车），但让他来找一辆家用轻便车。