英语词汇cab的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	cab
词源	cab. The word cabriolet, for a type of light horse-drawn car- riage, has been all but forgotten save for its use in abbreviated form for what is just as well known as a taxi . Cab has been used in this sense since the early 1800s when cabriolets were available for hire in London. When motorcars could be hired cab was quickly applied to them.
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