"hail a cab" in Chinese (Simplified)
招出租车打车
Definition
通常通过挥手或举手来招呼出租车,让司机注意到你并停车接你。
Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))
多用于大城市街头打出租车时。'cab'是'taxi(出租车)'的口语说法,'hail'强调挥手等引起司机注意的方法,而不是通过电话或应用叫车。
Examples
I stood on the corner to hail a cab.
我站在路口准备**招出租车**。
It's easy to hail a cab in New York City.
在纽约市**打车**很容易。
Can you hail a cab for me, please?
你能帮我**打辆车**吗?
It started raining, so I quickly tried to hail a cab.
开始下雨了,我赶紧**招了一辆出租车**。
You can just step into the street and hail a cab here.
在这里你只需要走到街上就能**招出租车**。
I couldn't hail a cab, so I used a rideshare app instead.
我没能**打到车**,所以用打车软件了。