英语词汇taxi的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	taxi
词源	taxi. Incensed about the high fares horse cabs were charging in 1907, Harry N. Allen introduced taximeter cabs in Manhat- tan, naming the 4-cylinder, 16-horsepower cabs he imported from France from the Greek taxa, “charge,” and the word cab, the common short form of the French cabriolet. Allen’s coinage became shortened to taxicab and finally taxi long before taxi fares far surpassed those of the horse-driven cabs.
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