automobile

• n. 車
• vt.自動車を運転する
• [過去形 automobiled 過去分詞 automobiled 現在分詞 automobiling ].

接頭辞 auto-, own. mobile, 移動式.

automobile (adj.)

1883, in reference to electric traction cars, from French automobile (adj.), 1861, a hybrid from Greek autos "self" (see auto-) + French mobile "moving," from Latin mobilis "movable" (see mobile (adj.)).

automobile (n.)

"self-propelled motor vehicle," 1895, from French automobile, short for véhicule automobile (see automobile (adj.)). The modern Greek calls it autokineto "moved of itself." The French word had competition in the early years from locomobile; in English other early forms were motorcar and autocar. An electrical car was an electromobile (1899).

1. He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile .

彼は車のブレーキレバーを修理している。

2.The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.

自動車は道を曲がるときに速度を落とした。

3.You must obtain a new automobile license when your old one expires.

古い車のナンバープレートが満期になったら、新しいものを受け取らなければなりません。

4.My father had a narrow squeak in the automobile accident.

私の父はこの交通事故で命を落とした。

5.Factoring in connection with automobile installment accounts is a big business today.

自動車分割払いを代行するための満期勘定は、現在の巨大なビジネスです。