提速！Speed up!——那些与驾驶有关的词汇（1）
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controlling a vehicle 操控车辆
启动，发动（汽车），开点火开关
start a car, lorry, etc.
turn/switch on the ignition
（发动机）熄火，关点火开关
turn/switch off the ignition
操控（方向盘），驾驶（车辆）
steer (sth)
I’m still not very good at steering.
我对开车仍然不是很在行。
“No time to explain! Get in the car!”
示意（车转向）
indicate
to indicate right/left
示意车向右转/向左转
鸣响（喇叭）
hoot (the horn)
Why did he hoot at me? I wasn’t doing anything wrong.
他当时为什么朝我鸣喇叭？我没有做错什么事。
brakes 刹车
（车辆的）刹车装置
brake (often plural)
脚刹
the footbrake ( = operated by your foot)
手刹
the handbrake ( = operated by your hand)
刹车踏板
brake pedal
挂上手刹（防止溜车）
put on the handbrake
松手刹
release the handbrake
把（车）刹住，踩刹车，踩在刹车上
brake, put the brake(s) on, put your foot on the brake
Why did you brake so suddently?
你为什么刹车这么急？
She put her foot on the brake and managed to stop in time.
她把脚踩到刹车上，设法让车及时地停了下来。
changing gears 换挡
齿轮传动装置，（汽车的）排挡
gears (noun plural)
（开车时）换挡
change gear (AmE shift gear)
to change gear, you need to press the clutch (pedal) 离合器（踏板） with your foot and move the gear lever/gear stick (AmE shift stick) 变速杆 with your hand
换成高/低挡
change up/down
换成倒车挡
change into reverse, put sth into reverse
（发动机）挂着挡
when the gears are being used, the engine is in gear
（发动机）在空挡上
when the gears are not being used, the engine is in neutral (noun U)
driving on the road 上路驾驶
（在道路上往来的）车辆
traffic (noun U)
light/heavy traffic
少量的/拥挤的车辆
The traffic was moving very slowly.
车辆非常缓慢地行驶着。
道路标志，交通标志
road sign, traffic sign
交通灯，红绿灯
(traffic) lights (noun plural)
(AmE stoplight)
The lights were red so we had to stop.
红色交通灯亮时我们必须停下。
道路，路线
route, way
Which route did you take?
你们走的哪条路？
Which way shall we go?
我们该走哪条路？
道路图，路线图
road map
starting and stopping 启动和停止
开动（汽车等），开走
drive off/away, move off
He released the handbrake and we moved off.
他松开手刹，我们便动身了。
（汽车）从路边开出
pull out
I had to brake suddenly as a car pulled out in front of me.
我不得不急刹车，因为有一辆汽车从我前面开了出来。
（汽车等）驶离（道路）
pull off the road
They pulled off the motorway at a service station.
他们开出高速公路来到一处服务区。
停下，停止
pull up (at sth), draw up (at sth)
Can you pull up at the next corner? I want to get out.
你能不能在下一个拐角处停下？我要下车。
A car drew up and three men got out.
一辆车停了下来，走出来三个男人。
parking 停车
停放（车辆等）
park (sth)
Where shall we park?
我们把车停在什么地方？
We can take the car if you want but parking may be a problem.
如果你愿意的话，我们可以开车去，但停车可能是个问题。
停车场
car park (AmE parking lot)
a multi-storey car park (= a car park that has several levels)
多层停车场
汽车停放计时器
parking meter
（负责监控车辆停放的）交通督导员；停车处管理员
(BrE) traffic warden
违章停车罚单
parking ticket
turning 转向
离开（某条路）而转上另一条路，拐弯
turn off (sth)
We turned off the A9 and headed for Aberdeen.
我们离开A9号公路，直奔阿伯丁。
转入，拐入（一条不同的路）
turn onto sth, turn down sth
We left the motorway and turned onto the road to Banbury.
我们离开髙速公路，转入了通往班伯里的路。
Could you turn down this road here?
你能不能在这儿转到这条路上来？
转错弯
take a wrong turning
（车辆）掉头
turn round
I think we’ve lost our way. We’ll have to turn round.
我觉得我们迷了路。我们得掉头回去。
转U形弯，掉头转弯
do/make a U-turn
倒（车）
reverse (sth), back (sth) (into sth)
He reversed the car out of the drive.
他把车从私用车道上倒了出来。
Can you back the car into this space?
你能把车倒在这个空位上吗？
突然转向
swerve
She had to swerve to avoid the dog.
她不得不突然转向，以避开那条狗。
passing 通过
超车；跑在…的前面
overtake (sth), pull ahead (of sb/sth)
让…先行
give way (to sb/sth)
You must give way to traffic coming from the right.
你必须让右边来的车辆先行。
迎面开过来的（车辆）
oncoming traffic
driving fast or slow 开快车或开慢车
每小时英里，英里/小时
mph (miles per hour)
每小时公里，公里/小时
km/h (kilometres per hour)
a 50 km/h speed limit
每小时50公里的限速
以…速度运行
go at..., do...
l think I was going at 50 mph at the time.
我想我当时的速度大概是每小时50英里。
He must be doing over a hundred.
他的时速一定上了一百！
（汽车）慢下来；刹住
slow down, brake
We slowed down as we came to a junction.
当来到一个路口时，我们慢了下来。
I braked too hard and the car skidded.
我刹车过猛，汽车侧滑了。
加速，加快
speed up, accelerate
You’ll have to speed up a bit or we’ll be late.
你得把速度提起来一点，要不我们会迟到的。
疾行，疾驰
speed
We sped through the town.
我们快速地穿城而过。
加快车速，轰油门
put your foot down
全速地，以最快速度
at full speed, at top speed
He drove at top speed all the way.
他一路开着车全速前进。
（车辆）蜗行，爬行
crawl
Traffic was crawling through the town centre because of the roadworks.
是因为道路施工，车辆缓慢地开过城中心。
（开车）粗心大意的，不顾危险的，鲁莽的
careless, reckless
guilty of careless driving
犯了鲁莽驾驶的过错
a reckless driver
鲁莽开车的司机
闯红灯，闯交通灯
(informal) jump the lights (AmE run a red light)
以上内容整理自《牛津英汉双解联想词典》，图片来自网络。
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