taxi（タクシー）
要点タクシー
意味
- タクシー(taxicabの略)
- タクシーで行く
- 〈飛行機が〉(ゆっくりと地上・水上を)滑走する
- 〈飛行機〉に誘導滑走させる
例文
She got out of the taxi at the department store.
彼女はデパートでタクシーを降りた。
How long does it take to get to the zoo by taxi?
動物園まで、タクシーでどれぐらいですか？
It's only twenty minutes to the station by taxi.
駅まではタクシーでたったの20分です。
語源
taximeter cab（料金メーター付きの車）の略。taxiはラテン語taxa「料金」、meterは「計器」。
tax（税）と同じ語源。
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Shortened from taximeter cab, taximeter (“automatic meter that records distance and fare”) from French taximètre, from German Taxameter (whence also English taxameter), coined from Medieval Latin taxa (“tax, charge”). More at tax, task. The aviation sense originally derived from a slang term for training aircraft used for practicing ground operations, which were said to drive around the airfield like a taxicab, and subsequently applied to all aircraft ground movements.