hobo

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhəʊ.bəʊ/    美 /ˈhoʊ.boʊ/|/ˈhəʉ.bəʉ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum. Canada,US
    — He’d heard the word hobo used for travelers, heard it was short for homeward bound, or homeless boy, or Hoboken having something to do with New Jersey.
  2. Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not. Canada,US
  3. A kind of large handbag.
    — Avoid bulky styles such as duffle sacks, buckets, doctors' satchels, and hobos.
动词 v.
  1. To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc. intransitive
    — Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.

词形变化

hobos plural hoboes plural hobos present,singular,third-person hoboing participle,present hoboed participle,past hoboed past

词汇关系

衍生词
hobo bag hobodom hobo egg hoboglyph hobohemia hobohemian hoboish hoboism hobo jungle hobolike hobosexual hobo spider hobo stew hobo stove laptop hobo murderhobo

词源

词源 1
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).
词源 2
Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).
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