单词 | hitch-hike |
释义 | hitch-hikev. Originally U.S. intransitive. To travel by means of lifts in vehicles. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > ride in a vehicle [verb (intransitive)] > hitch-hike hitch-hike1923 thumb1932 hitch1959 swamp1964 1923 Nation 19 Sept. 297/2 Hitch-hiking is always done by twos and threes. 1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go iv. 58 I..wondered how Dot would ever dare..tell the people there that she had hitch-hiked home. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. 68 Kids When their imagination bids Hitch-hike a thousand miles to find The Hesperides that's on their mind. 1945 Daily Mirror 27 Sept. Hitch-hiking by air from London to Manila, five British Red Cross welfare sisters arrived in Canberra, Australia. 1958 Manch. Guardian 26 Sept. 4/4 He decided to hitch-hike around the world. 1973 Black World Apr. 80/1 Walton sees the need for people to realize their own cultural heritage and not hitchhike on somebody else's. Derivatives hitch-hike n. such a journey. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > a ride in a vehicle > hitch-hike hitch-hike1927 hitch1955 1927 New Masses June 15/1 Most young janes have their heads full of a trip to Paris, or a hitch-hike thru New England. 1940 A. Christie One, Two, buckle my Shoe 182 He told amusing stories of his hitch-hikes and tramps in wild places. ˈhitch-hiker n. one who hitch-hikes. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > one who rides in a vehicle > hitch-hiker hitch-hiker1927 thumber1935 hitcher1960 swamper1966 1927 Glasgow Herald 6 Sept. 8/7 There are apparently hitchhikers in the United States who boast they can travel 500 miles free of charge without walking more than 10. 1931 ‘B. Starke’ Touch & Go iv. 64 We may charge this wicked hitch-hiker the ten cents extra that she deserves for asking for a bath towel. ˈhitch-hiking n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > riding in a vehicle > [noun] > hitch-hiking autostop1938 hitch-hiking1959 hitching1963 1959 Times 1 Oct. 9/6 Hitch-hiking appears to have replaced old-fashioned walking and has obviously graduated into a recognized pursuit, ready perhaps to be nurtured and protected by an international organization empowered to negotiate with transport ministers and police chiefs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1923 |
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