(1)小汽车(motor vehicle on wheels for carrying people)[C,U(by~)]:drive/ride in/enter/get into/get out of/park a~开车/乘车/上车/上车/下车/存车;He was in his~at the time.他当时在自己车里。buy/rent/hire a~买/租/租车;an open~敞篷车;a closed/baby~有顶篷的/微型小汽车;go by~乘车去;a~dealer汽车商;~prices汽车售价;
(2)火车车厢(railway carriage for goods or people) [C] (AmE,见于合成词中):a restaurant/dining- /sleeping- /freight/baggage/railway~餐车/餐车/卧铺车厢/货车/行李车/火车车厢;
(3)(电梯、汽球、飞船、缆车之)座舱(part of a lift,balloon,airship or cable railway in which people or goods are carried)[C]:
→′car-ferry n 汽车渡船;′car-park n 存车场;′car-port n 车棚;′car-sick adj 晕车的;′car-sickness n 晕车;′carfare n (AmE)(公共汽车或电车)车费;
【说明】car在BrE中还可叫做motor car,在AmE中叫做automobile,甚至auto。