taximeter

/tak-see-mee-ter/US // ˈtæk siˌmi tər //UK // (ˈtæksɪˌmiːtə) //

计价器,计费器,计价表,计量器

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a device fitted to a taxicab or other vehicle, for automatically computing and indicating the fare due.

That afternoon then he stepped out of the hôtel and engaged a fiacre—a taximeter would be of no use, Paul thought.
The figure stopped to read the taximeter, shook his fist at the chauffeur, and approached me, muttering audibly.
Taximeter, tak-sim′e-tėr, n. an instrument attached to cabs for indicating the fare due for the distance travelled.
True to his word, on the next day he left the hotel in a taximeter cab which turned down the Champs Elysées.
She stepped into the taximeter and drove away, with a farewell nod, abrupt although not altogether unkindly.