car

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun American English

n. one of the separate sections of a train.

n. an individual unit of a railway train, especially one designed for passengers or freight.

日本語:車両※

“We walked through the train to find a seat in the dining car.”

“The freight train consisted of over fifty cars, mostly carrying coal and timber across the Midwest.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Technical

n. the part of an elevator that people stand in to go up or down.

n. the load-carrying compartment of a lift or elevator system.

“The elevator car was small and felt crowded with four people.”

“Safety sensors ensure that the elevator car is perfectly level with the floor before the doors are permitted to open.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Internet Humorous · Slang · Informal

n. a funny way to write the word 'cat' on the internet.

n. a deliberate, humorous misspelling of 'cat' used in internet subcultures.

“Look at this video of a silly car sleeping on the sofa.”

“The comment section was filled with people calling the stray kitten a 'distinguished car' because of its white paws.”

C2 · Proficiency Countable noun Computing Technical

n. the first part of a list in the Lisp programming language.

n. the first element of a cons cell or a list in the Lisp family of programming languages.

“The car of the list (1 2 3) is 1.”

“In functional programming, the car operation returns the first pointer of the pair, effectively retrieving the head of the linked list.”