English Dictionary

jitney

名詞

アメリカ英語 古語 限定用法 カナダ英語

A small bus or minibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled. / An unlicensed taxi cab. / A shared-ride taxi. / (US, archaic) A small coin, a nickel.

日本語の意味

小型バスまたはミニバス（定められた路線で運行される場合が多い） / 非公認のタクシー / 相乗タクシー / (米国の古い用法) 小銭（5セント硬貨）

I missed the last jitney downtown, so I had to walk home in the rain.

ダウンタウンの最終ミニバスに乗り遅れたので、雨の中歩いて家に帰らなければなりませんでした。

意味（1）

A small bus or minibus which typically operates service on a fixed route, sometimes scheduled.

意味（2）

An unlicensed taxi cab.

意味（3）

A shared-ride taxi.

[…] I said good-by and took the bags downstairs and hailed a Frisco taxi-jitney, which was an ordinary taxi that ran a regular route and you could hail it from any corner and ride to any corner you want for about fifteen cents, cramped in with other passengers like on a bus, but talking and telling jokes like in a private car.

意味（4）

(US, archaic) A small coin, a nickel.

意味（5）

(in attributive use, US, archaic) Very inexpensive.

意味（6）

(Canada) An informal lawn bowling or curling competition in which all players present are randomly drawn into teams.

意味（7）

A fraudulent arrangement whereby a broker who has direct access to an exchange executes trades on behalf of a broker who does not.

jitneys （ plural ）