hitchhiker

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/    美 /ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person or thing that hitchhikes.
    — It's a rough trip no matter how you come, for these washboard roads will loosen up even brandnew cars pretty fast; and hitchhikers always find the going bad.
  2. An item attached to a travel bug and hidden in a geocache to be found and transported to other caches or around the world.
  3. A dance move in which the dancer mimics the motions of someone thumbing a ride.
  4. A bur that attaches and clings to clothing, or a bur-bearing plant. informal
  5. An advertisement at the end of a programme.
    — […] and networks have taken steps to modify or eliminate the bunching of spots and commercials between programs which results from the use of hitchhikers and cowcatchers.

词形变化

hitchhikers plural hitch-hiker alternative

词源

Etymology tree
English hitchhike
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzijos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English hitchhiker
From hitchhike + -er.
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