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单词 joyrides
释义

joyride

noun

joy·​ride ˈjȯi-ˌrīd How to pronounce joyride (audio)
1
: a ride taken for pleasure (as in a car or aircraft)
especially : an automobile ride marked by reckless driving (as in a stolen car)
2
: conduct or action resembling a joyride especially in disregard of cost or consequences
joyride intransitive verb
joyrider
ˈjȯi-ˌrī-dər How to pronounce joyride (audio)
noun
joyriding noun

Example Sentences

Some teenager stole my car and took it for a joyride.
Recent Examples on the Web Sam and Victor's Day Off will follow two valets from the movie (unnamed in the original screenplay) who took that famous red Ferrari on a joyride. Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 20 Aug. 2022 The trend involves thieves filming themselves breaking into a car and taking it for a joyride before dumping the car and abandoning it. Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 27 Aug. 2022 Most bikes, however, arrive from the factory ready for a casual Sunday joyride but not much else. Matt Jancer, WIRED, 18 Aug. 2022 Wingfoot Express dirigible took a joyride from Grant Park over the Loop, with catastrophic effects. Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2022 Just three days before their joyride, Momoa was involved in a road accident while driving his car in the same area. Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 30 July 2022 But don’t be fooled: the downhill slope is not a joyride. New York Times, 18 Apr. 2022 The experience is also a popular birthday and anniversary gift, a joyride with bragging rights. Andrea Sachs, Washington Post, 2 June 2022 Robin and Vernon Huffman met 20 years ago at the Loma Alta Preserve, north of San Francisco in Marin County, on a winter joyride with their mountain-biking club: the Forest Knolls Freewheelers. Patty Hodapp, Outside Online, 8 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1909, in the meaning defined at sense 1

joyrides 1 of 2

noun

plural of joyride
as in conveyances

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • conveyances
  • rides
  • transports
  • transits
  • drives
  • passages
  • lifts
  • transportations
  • spins
  • turns

joyrides

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of joyride
1
as in clowns

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • clowns
  • kites
  • skylarks
  • carouses
  • cuts up
  • revels
  • dances
  • romps
  • roughhouses
  • horses around
  • prances
  • frolics
  • trips
  • cavorts
  • fools around
  • leaps
  • hops
  • gambols
  • capers
  • larks
  • lopes
  • roisters
  • carries on
  • bounds
  • skips
  • sports
  • frisks
  • springs
  • rollicks
  • curvets
  • tumbles
  • disports

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sulks
  • pouts
  • stews
  • mopes
2
as in automobiles

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • automobiles
  • motors
  • chauffeurs
  • taxis
  • tools
  • hacks
  • drives
  • races
  • taxies
  • rides
  • drags
  • wheels
  • rolls
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