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单词 hobo
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hobo

(hoʊboʊ)
Word forms: plural hobos, plural hoboes
1. countable noun
A hobo is a person who has no home, especially one who travels from place to place and gets money by begging.
[US]regional note: in BRIT, use tramp
2. countable noun
A hobo is a worker, especially a farm worker, who goes from place to place in order to find work.
[US]

hobo in British English

(ˈhəʊbəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -bos or -boes mainly US and Canadian
1. 
a tramp; vagrant
2. 
a migratory worker, esp an unskilled labourer
Derived forms
hoboism (ˈhoboism)
noun
Word origin
C19 (US): origin unknown

hobo in American English

(ˈhoʊboʊ)
US
nounWord forms: plural ˈhobos or ˈhoboes
1. 
a migratory worker
so used by such workers themselves
2. 
a vagrant; tramp
verb intransitive
3. 
to travel in the manner of a hobo
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈvagrant

Examples of 'hobo' in a sentence
hobo

He reeked of the most potent body odour and looked like a hobo.
The Sun (2013)

Chinese translation of 'hobo'

hobo

(ˈhəubəu) (US)

n (c)

  1. 流浪汉(漢) (liúlànghàn) (个(個), gè)

Nearby words of
hobo

  • hob
  • hobble
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