outrider

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A guide or escort, especially one who rides in advance.
    — Then they went from farmhouse to farmhouse, two little girls walking at the head of the procession as bridesmaids, and six or eight outriders galloping ahead on hobby-horses to announce their coming.
  2. One who rides out on horseback to inspect a ranch etc.
  3. A forerunner. figuratively
    — The Winchester MP is something of an outrider for a new project now: moving his party into the space vacated by the Conservative shift to the right under Iain Duncan Smith.

词形变化

outriders plural

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词源

From Middle English outridere.
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