driver是可数名词,基本意思是“驾驶员”“司机”“赶车者”“马车夫”,引申还可表示“驱赶人或动物的人”。

The driver heaped a cart with hay.车夫装了一大车干草。
The driver whipped the horses on.赶车的人策马前进。
The driver drew the horses up only just in time to avoid hitting the child.赶车人及时勒住马,没撞着小孩。
There are a lot of drunk drivers on the roads on Saturday night.星期六晚上,路上总有许多喝醉的人开汽车。
The young driver died in the car crash.这个年轻的司机在车祸中死去了。
The driver of the car was defying the law by speeding.那个司机公然违犯法律超速行驶。
The driver can vary the speed of an automobile.司机可以改变汽车的速度。
When the car came near the bridge, the driver eased it down to 20 kilometres an hour.当汽车开近那座桥时,司机把车速放慢到每小时20公里。
Bitter argument ensued between us and the bus driver from this misunderstanding.这场争论引起了我们和汽车司机之间的唇枪舌剑。
How would it suit me to be a bus-driver?我当个公共汽车司机合适吗?
We hired a driver to take us on a tour of the city.我们雇了一个司机带我们浏览这个城市。
The man was driven by a driver.那人被赶了出来。
These drivers are going to design a new kind of diving suit for deep-sea work.这些潜水员打算设计一种能潜入深海的新型潜水衣。

driver, chauffeur
这两个词都有“司机”“驾驶员”的意思。其区别是:
1.driver包含有chauffeur的意思。driver通指司机、车夫或驱赶动物或人的人等; chauffeur专指驾驶机动车辆,尤其是小汽车的司机。例如:
The driver took her here.车夫把她带到这里。
The driver drove the cattle from the field.那赶牲口的人把牛群从田里赶了出来。
It emerged that the driver of the car had been drunk.那辆车上的司机喝醉酒一事暴露了。
He has been a chauffeur since 1992.自1992年以来他一直当汽车司机。
2.chauffeur通常受雇于私人或公司, driver可指任何司机。

1.“见习汽车司机”,英式英语用a learner driver,美式英语用a student driver。
2.driver还可指高尔夫球的“球棒”。

［同义词］   chauffeur, motorist, trucker