cab

Compared meaning: a car you pay to ride in (noun).

比较义项：出租车（名词）。

• cab 本词

  Slightly more common in American English and in fixed phrases like "cab fare" or "cab driver"; sounds a touch informal.

  在美式英语中略更常用，常见于“cab fare”“cab driver”等固定搭配；语气略显随意。

  He hailed a cab outside the hotel and gave the driver the address.

  他在酒店外面招手叫了一辆出租车，把地址告诉了司机。

• taxi

  The more neutral, widely used term worldwide, especially in British English and formal contexts; also used as a verb for planes moving on the ground.

  是全球更中性、更通用的说法，尤其在英式英语和正式场合中常用；此外还可作动词，表示飞机在地面滑行。

  She booked a taxi online instead of waiting on the street corner.

  她在网上预订了一辆出租车，而不是站在街角等车。

Cab and taxi mean almost the same thing. Cab is slightly more American, used in phrases like 'cab fare' or 'cab driver', and sounds a little informal. Taxi is the more neutral, worldwide term, and can also mean a plane moving on the ground.

cab 和 taxi 在“出租车”这个意思上几乎可以互换，区别主要在于地域用词习惯和一些固定搭配；两者没有需要额外区分的其他义项。