chauffeur

英 ['ʃəʊfə; ʃəʊ'fɜː] 美[ʃo'fɝ]

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近义词driver

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复数: chauffeurs;第三人称单数: chauffeurs;过去式: chauffeured;过去分词: chauffeured;现在分词: chauffeuring;

谐音“师傅”，我们经常称呼马路上的司机为“师傅”。词根-chauf-指“加热”，来自古法语chaufer“加热”。司机和加热是什么关系呢？最早的汽车是用蒸汽驱动的，每15分钟就要停车向锅炉加煤，以保持热能。同源的chafe（摩擦）就不难理解了，摩擦生热嘛~

chauffeur 司机

词源同chafe, 擦热，加热，-eur, 人。原指早期给火车加煤的人，后用来指司机，特指富人或要人的私人司机。

chauffeur (n.): 1896, originally "a motorist," from French chauffeur, literally "stoker," operator of a steam engine, French nickname for early motorists, from chauffer "to heat," from Old French chaufer "to heat, warm up; to become hot" (see chafe). The first motor-cars were steam-driven. Sense of "professional or paid driver of a private motor car" is from 1902.
The '95 Duryea wagon, which won the Chicago contest Fall, was exhibited at the Detroit Horse Show last week. Charles B. King, treasurer of the American Motor League, acted as "chauffeur," as the French say. ["The Horseless Age," April 1896]
chauffeur (v.): 1902, from chauffeur (n.). Related: Chauffeured; chauffeuring.

It was certainly useful to have her there to chauffeur him around.: 有她在那儿还是挺有用的，能开车带他到处跑。

His former chauffeur is claiming unfair dismissal on the grounds of racial discrimination.: 他的前任司机声称自己因为种族歧视而遭到了不公平解雇。

In one driveway a chauffeur wearing rubber boots was hosing down a limousine.: 其中一条私人车道上，一位穿着橡胶靴的专职司机正用水管冲洗一辆豪华轿车。

His chauffeur-driven car and company mobile phone will be handed on to his successor.: 他那辆配有专职司机的轿车和公司手机将转交给他的继任者。

He lived in considerable style, travelling widely, usually with a cook, valet, butler and chauffeur in attendance.: 他活得相当潇洒，通常带着厨师、用人、管家和司机到处游玩。