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词汇 carpool
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Definition of carpool in English:

carpool

nounˈkɑːpuːlˈkɑrpul
North American
  • 1An arrangement between people to make a regular journey in a single vehicle, typically with each person taking turns to drive the others.

    (尤指每人轮流开各自的车运送其他人的)合伙用车

    they organized carpools to deliver the kids to school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Parents can guide their kids in the right direction and help with details, such as organizing carpools.
    • Since not everyone had cars on campus, the group first met in the Bible study room to arrange carpools.
    • The first order of business as the date approached was arranging carpools, started as usual by Bob Zimmerman.
    • Older kids walk with younger ones, groups of kids bike together, carpools help create social networks of parents who know and trust each other.
    • Thirty percent of users have shifted to alternative modes of transportation: carpools, bicycles, and cars that run on liquefied petroleum gas, a low-polluting alternative to conventional gasoline and diesel.
    • The government wants companies to help out commuting workers by paying their mass-transit fares or their gas money for carpools.
    • ‘You didn't cancel your carpool for nothing, I know,’ he sighed.
    • The era of ‘walking uphill two miles to school every day’ is long-gone for most kids, and with the availability of buses and carpools, most parents opt to take or have their kids taken to school.
    • Keep in mind that parent carpools are possible; older kids can organize their own carpools and perhaps get released time from school.
    • Drivers were limited to three gallons of gas per week, leading to the formation of carpools or ‘car clubs.’
    • Those wishing to arrange carpools should visit www.metrocommuterservices.com, a web site that matches people living in adjacent areas who need rides.
    • Public transportation or a carpool might help reduce the stress of navigating traffic.
    • This would be great for finding other students to organize carpools to/from work or to share housing with.
    • My daughter, Ana, came to me asking, ‘Can you take me to school before the carpool, Dad?’
    • Here's what happened: I was stranded downtown after work on a recent Wednesday because my carpool home had fallen through.
    • We organized logistics such as meetings, timelines, deadlines, practices, and carpools.
    • While attending university, Maurice extended his chauffeur services to friends, organizing a free carpool.
    • Cohousers often share one set of garden and household tools, organize carpools, and form co-ops to order groceries in bulk.
    • All this talk about optimizing travel networks made me think of an even bigger opportunity to get cars off the roads, which would be to use this same software to optimize a network of carpools.
    1. 1.1 A group of people in a carpool.
      合伙用车者
      if passengers travelled in carpools of four, gasoline consumption would fall by 45 per cent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Monday is her day to drive the carpool, Tuesday the girls go to ballet, then tumbling class.
      • Being a carpool is easy: you need carry only one other passenger.
      • Apparently she was in my carpool to and from high school for a year.
      • Nothing's better for getting the scoop on adolescents than driving the after-school carpool.
      • Kids were milling around all over the place, their numbers constantly increasing with every arriving busload and carpool.
      • This TV mom doesn't bake cookies, drive carpools or help out with the homework.
      • I kept walking but when I got outside I saw that my carpool hadn't arrived yet.
      • In fact, a bunch of the kids in our class were watching it that night, so we formed a carpool.
      • She looked like a pleasant mom-type - you could picture her driving the carpool or participating in a sewing circle.
verbˈkɑːpuːlˈkɑrpul
[no object]North American
  • Form or participate in a carpool.

    合伙用车

    they are encouraged to take public transport, bike, walk, and carpool to work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They're carpooling, they'll be here any minute now.
    • And instead of flying to your next business meeting simply because your company will pay for it, try carpooling or taking a train, or telecommuting via phone, fax or the Internet.
    • Ridesharing, also known as carpooling or vanpooling, represents an effective means to reduce congestion on the region's major traffic arteries and automobile emissions, which contribute to air quality problems in the region.
    • Maybe they didn't have many cars, but what about carpooling?
    • So far, though, the only hurt has been felt by the nearly half-million bus riders who have spent a month hitching, carpooling, walking or skipping work altogether.
    • They've stood in long lines to get on commuter trains, they have crowded on to ferries, they've carpooled with strangers.
    • Except for a few who live nearby in Chinatown, students who have managed to continue attending classes have either carpooled or taken cabs.
    • My mom didn't strap us kids into car seats, which meant that it was easier to go places and to share carpooling with neighbors.
    • Other drivers started carpooling, or shifted their work hours to miss the morning and evening rush hours.
    • If you carpooled, you'd have about three pounds of CO2 left in your daily ration - enough to run a highly efficient refrigerator.
    • At the office, he began rewarding employees for improving the fuel efficiency of their own cars and for carpooling.
    • Also, look into carpooling with others to get to and from practice.
    • People who carpooled to distribute the stress will begin driving alone.
    • Carpooling or vanpooling was less common, with most carpooling only a few times a year or not at all.
    • The city has unveiled a plan to provide alternate means of transportation, which would include additional ferry service, carpooling and increasing the use of the school bus service.
    • Other people carpooled, roller-bladed and cycled to work.
    • I was thinking that maybe, if you wanted, we could work out some kind of schedule for carpooling.
    • I think most people in this country can remember, unless they were born in the 1980s or later, carless days and carpooling.
    • If they were in a good mood, we carpooled with them.
    • But some drivers will respond by making fewer trips, carpooling, or using alternative forms of transportation.

Derivatives

  • carpooler

  • noun
    North American
    • Those interested in getting to and from work in a more environmentally conscious way can register to connect with other carpoolers travelling similar routes.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Perhaps they pick up their fellow carpooler everyday in the early morning and don't care if they wake up the neighbors by tooting the horn rather than getting out and knocking on the door.
      • As carpooler and scorekeeper, he got to know his children's friends so well that when his son brought home a class picture, he had inside information on every face in every row.
      • But what about the carpoolers that can barely afford to pay for their transportation?
      • She has short brushes with family members during breakfast and then with other commuters or carpoolers on her way to work.

Definition of carpool in US English:

carpool

nounˈkɑrpulˈkärpo͞ol
North American
  • 1An arrangement between people to make a regular journey in a single vehicle, typically with each person taking turns to drive the others.

    (尤指每人轮流开各自的车运送其他人的)合伙用车

    they organized carpools to deliver the kids to school
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drivers were limited to three gallons of gas per week, leading to the formation of carpools or ‘car clubs.’
    • Cohousers often share one set of garden and household tools, organize carpools, and form co-ops to order groceries in bulk.
    • Since not everyone had cars on campus, the group first met in the Bible study room to arrange carpools.
    • Here's what happened: I was stranded downtown after work on a recent Wednesday because my carpool home had fallen through.
    • The government wants companies to help out commuting workers by paying their mass-transit fares or their gas money for carpools.
    • All this talk about optimizing travel networks made me think of an even bigger opportunity to get cars off the roads, which would be to use this same software to optimize a network of carpools.
    • Parents can guide their kids in the right direction and help with details, such as organizing carpools.
    • The first order of business as the date approached was arranging carpools, started as usual by Bob Zimmerman.
    • While attending university, Maurice extended his chauffeur services to friends, organizing a free carpool.
    • This would be great for finding other students to organize carpools to/from work or to share housing with.
    • Older kids walk with younger ones, groups of kids bike together, carpools help create social networks of parents who know and trust each other.
    • The era of ‘walking uphill two miles to school every day’ is long-gone for most kids, and with the availability of buses and carpools, most parents opt to take or have their kids taken to school.
    • ‘You didn't cancel your carpool for nothing, I know,’ he sighed.
    • We organized logistics such as meetings, timelines, deadlines, practices, and carpools.
    • Thirty percent of users have shifted to alternative modes of transportation: carpools, bicycles, and cars that run on liquefied petroleum gas, a low-polluting alternative to conventional gasoline and diesel.
    • Public transportation or a carpool might help reduce the stress of navigating traffic.
    • Keep in mind that parent carpools are possible; older kids can organize their own carpools and perhaps get released time from school.
    • My daughter, Ana, came to me asking, ‘Can you take me to school before the carpool, Dad?’
    • Those wishing to arrange carpools should visit www.metrocommuterservices.com, a web site that matches people living in adjacent areas who need rides.
    1. 1.1 A group of people in a carpool.
      合伙用车者
      if passengers traveled in carpools of four, gasoline consumption would fall by 45 percent
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Monday is her day to drive the carpool, Tuesday the girls go to ballet, then tumbling class.
      • She looked like a pleasant mom-type - you could picture her driving the carpool or participating in a sewing circle.
      • Kids were milling around all over the place, their numbers constantly increasing with every arriving busload and carpool.
      • I kept walking but when I got outside I saw that my carpool hadn't arrived yet.
      • Apparently she was in my carpool to and from high school for a year.
      • In fact, a bunch of the kids in our class were watching it that night, so we formed a carpool.
      • Nothing's better for getting the scoop on adolescents than driving the after-school carpool.
      • Being a carpool is easy: you need carry only one other passenger.
      • This TV mom doesn't bake cookies, drive carpools or help out with the homework.
verbˈkɑrpulˈkärpo͞ol
[no object]North American
  • Form or participate in a carpool.

    合伙用车

    they are encouraged to take public transport, bike, walk, and carpool to work
    Example sentencesExamples
    • So far, though, the only hurt has been felt by the nearly half-million bus riders who have spent a month hitching, carpooling, walking or skipping work altogether.
    • Maybe they didn't have many cars, but what about carpooling?
    • If they were in a good mood, we carpooled with them.
    • If you carpooled, you'd have about three pounds of CO2 left in your daily ration - enough to run a highly efficient refrigerator.
    • My mom didn't strap us kids into car seats, which meant that it was easier to go places and to share carpooling with neighbors.
    • People who carpooled to distribute the stress will begin driving alone.
    • They've stood in long lines to get on commuter trains, they have crowded on to ferries, they've carpooled with strangers.
    • I think most people in this country can remember, unless they were born in the 1980s or later, carless days and carpooling.
    • Carpooling or vanpooling was less common, with most carpooling only a few times a year or not at all.
    • And instead of flying to your next business meeting simply because your company will pay for it, try carpooling or taking a train, or telecommuting via phone, fax or the Internet.
    • The city has unveiled a plan to provide alternate means of transportation, which would include additional ferry service, carpooling and increasing the use of the school bus service.
    • Ridesharing, also known as carpooling or vanpooling, represents an effective means to reduce congestion on the region's major traffic arteries and automobile emissions, which contribute to air quality problems in the region.
    • They're carpooling, they'll be here any minute now.
    • Other people carpooled, roller-bladed and cycled to work.
    • Except for a few who live nearby in Chinatown, students who have managed to continue attending classes have either carpooled or taken cabs.
    • Other drivers started carpooling, or shifted their work hours to miss the morning and evening rush hours.
    • At the office, he began rewarding employees for improving the fuel efficiency of their own cars and for carpooling.
    • Also, look into carpooling with others to get to and from practice.
    • I was thinking that maybe, if you wanted, we could work out some kind of schedule for carpooling.
    • But some drivers will respond by making fewer trips, carpooling, or using alternative forms of transportation.
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