"automobile" in Chinese (Simplified)

• 汽车

Definition

一种有四个轮子的机动车，用于载人，日常生活中通常称为“汽车”。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Simplified))

“汽车”是日常用词，“汽車”也指同一物品。正式或技术场合有时会使用“汽车工业”等表达。

Examples

My father drives an automobile to work every day.

我父亲每天开**汽车**上班。

The automobile was invented over a hundred years ago.

**汽车**是在一百多年前发明的。

That red automobile is very expensive.

那辆红色的**汽车**很贵。

He works for a major automobile company.

他在一家大型**汽车**公司工作。

The city’s automobile traffic is getting worse every year.

这个城市的**汽车**交通每年都在变糟。

I prefer traveling by train to taking the automobile for long distances.

长途旅行时，我更喜欢坐火车而不是开**汽车**。