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单词 rider
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Definition of rider in English:

rider

noun ˈrʌɪdəˈraɪdər
  • 1A person who is riding or who can ride a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, etc.

    two riders approached the cottage
    she was a skilled rider
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Adkins later noted that the top fifty rodeo riders make roughly a half a million dollars a year nowadays.
    • After that, you just have to concentrate on getting past the rider in front.
    • Reece now wants to develop his riding and hopes to become a top dressage rider.
    • Indeed, Armstrong is not the only rider to have suffered difficult moments during what has been acknowledged as one of the toughest modern Tours.
    • Watson, however, was pleased with his effort as he was the only rider to give Cook a run for his money over roads he knows well.
    • When the horse rider had passed by, Clyde relaxed and they stepped into the street.
    • Down below he could see a rider galloping away from the town and towards the mountains in the distance.
    • Former mountain bike rider Miguel Martinez provided the only real positive with his occasional mountain forays.
    • American Zabriskie had been the first rider to wear the yellow jersey this year but lost it in the team time-trial when he fell and sustained several injuries.
    • Elaine Castillo was the leading apprentice rider with 62 victories, good enough for tenth overall in the jockey standings.
    • The shop provided saddles, boots, and other riding equipment for riders at south Florida racetracks.
    • He is into motorbikes and is going to be a professional dirt bike rider.
    • Christopher had dreams of becoming a professional motorbike rider and had been riding since the age of five.
    • As he intended, he is once again the best young rider in the race.
    • Yet many street riders don't even wear helmets.
    • Elsewhere there are places where thoughtless mountain bike and motorbike riders have churned up paths.
    • How does it feel to know you will go to race against the world's best young riders?
    • The rider will require a provisional licence but must also have taken the Compulsory Basic Training test.
    • Motorcyclists did acrobatic tricks like bareback horse riders of old.
    • They should therefore be worn by riders of all ages.
    Synonyms
    horseman, horsewoman, horse rider, jockey
  • 2A condition or proviso added to something already agreed.

    one rider to the deal—if the hurricane heads north, we run for shelter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Senator Murkowski has already proposed a rider to this effect on the appropriations bill for funding the war.
    • Let's not attach riders with our favorite untested opinions to our theses; it weakens our position.
    • He'd get the money alright, but with a few small riders attached.
    • In 1998, for example, Leahy attached a rider to a bill designating Vermont's Lake Champlain one of the Great Lakes.
    • As a rider to this overview of the role of music in this story, however, I want to suggest an adjustment of perspective.
    • However, one option for lawmakers whose bills do not go through the committee process is to attach them as riders to other legislation.
    • So if need be, yes, there could be a rider on their appropriation bill that no money should be expended by the FCC to administer the Powell rule.
    • Just as a rider to that, policing operations, in their widest context, normally can go on for years.
    • She attached a rider to a bill, which would have withheld money the department needed to implement the regulation.
    • Once again, isn't it worth asking why these types of appropriation bill riders are allowed?
    • Some of your Republican colleagues want to attach some amendments, what they call riders.
    • A few years ago the US introduced a pernicious rider to their new telecommunications legislation.
    • Now a rider attached to a recent EPA appropriations bill could cause further delay.
    • With an environmental rider to the 1999 budget, they succeeded: the date was bumped four years to 2005.
    • Insurance companies can now charge a maximum of 30 per cent of the premium of the main product for all riders attached to any policy.
    • There is a rider to that, which is ‘and to help them be the best that they can be’.
    • Yet there is a rider to this that cannot be ignored.
    • So it needs to be read with the usual rider that young teenagers, for various reasons, don't always tell the whole truth and nothing but.
    • The rider called the Dorgan Amendment would have made it illegal for the U.S. to spend money enforcing the travel ban.
    Synonyms
    conditions, qualifications, provisions, provisos, caveats, stipulations, riders, contingencies, prerequisites, limitations, limits, constraints, restrictions, reservations, requirements, obligations
    1. 2.1British An addition or amendment to a bill at its third reading.
      Synonyms
      supplement, appendage, adjunct, addendum, add-on, extra, accompaniment, extension
    2. 2.2British A recommendation or comment added by the jury to a judicial verdict.
      a rider was also added: the question of liability was dependent upon the purpose of the disclosure
      Example sentencesExamples
      • At his inquest the jury added a rider to its verdict urging further research into Roaccutane and its side-effects.
      • The committee was forced to add a number of riders to this verdict, however.
      • A rider handed in by the jury indicated a failing of the prison service in its duty of care to the deceased, which rider the coroner refused to append to the inquisition.
      • No evidence was called on their behalf, and when convicting the jury added this rider.
      Synonyms
      advice, counsel, guidance, direction, exhortation, enjoinder, advocacy
    3. 2.3 A supplementary clause in a performer's contract specifying food, drink, etc., to be provided.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • His rider states that before every performance the promoter must provide a physician to inject him with a Vitamin B12 shot.
      • What sort of stygian rider clauses did the Air contract contain?
      • Diet Coke is asked for, by name, in contract riders from a wide variety of artists, ranging from Michael W. Smith to Nine Inch Nails.
      • It was much better to eat at the hotel and bung it on room service than suffer backstage food which was so rank that within the next decade bands wised up and put riders in their contracts specifying what they wanted.
      Synonyms
      afterword, postscript, ps, coda, codicil, appendix, tailpiece, supplement, addendum, postlude, back matter
  • 3A small weight positioned on the beam of a balance for fine adjustment.

Derivatives

  • riderless

  • adjective ˈrʌɪdələsˈraɪdərləs
    • As our tour leader overtook us on foot and unhurriedly remounted the riderless horse obediently following the one in front, I began to question how wild these horses truly were.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The riderless motorcycle also hit a red Rover 416, he added.
      • She suffered multiple injuries and died almost instantly when she was struck by Bacon's powerful Honda Fireblade machine, which flew riderless into the bus queue after he crashed while trying to overtake a right-turning car.
      • It was followed by a riderless black horse, with a pair of Mr Reagan's favourite boots turned backward in the stirrups, symbolising the death of a military leader.
      • Peering from behind my hands, I watch as the horses fall, or throw their rider, or watch as loose, riderless horses veer across the track.

Origin

Late Old English rīdere 'mounted warrior, knight' (see ride, -er1).

Rhymes

chider, cider, divider, eider, glider, Guider, Haida, hider, Ida, insider, Oneida, outsider, provider, Ryder, Saida, slider, spider, strider, stridor
 
 

Definition of rider in US English:

rider

nounˈrīdərˈraɪdər
  • 1A person who is riding or who can ride something, especially a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, or snowboard.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Christopher had dreams of becoming a professional motorbike rider and had been riding since the age of five.
    • As he intended, he is once again the best young rider in the race.
    • He is into motorbikes and is going to be a professional dirt bike rider.
    • Elsewhere there are places where thoughtless mountain bike and motorbike riders have churned up paths.
    • American Zabriskie had been the first rider to wear the yellow jersey this year but lost it in the team time-trial when he fell and sustained several injuries.
    • When the horse rider had passed by, Clyde relaxed and they stepped into the street.
    • How does it feel to know you will go to race against the world's best young riders?
    • Down below he could see a rider galloping away from the town and towards the mountains in the distance.
    • Watson, however, was pleased with his effort as he was the only rider to give Cook a run for his money over roads he knows well.
    • The shop provided saddles, boots, and other riding equipment for riders at south Florida racetracks.
    • The rider will require a provisional licence but must also have taken the Compulsory Basic Training test.
    • Indeed, Armstrong is not the only rider to have suffered difficult moments during what has been acknowledged as one of the toughest modern Tours.
    • After that, you just have to concentrate on getting past the rider in front.
    • Elaine Castillo was the leading apprentice rider with 62 victories, good enough for tenth overall in the jockey standings.
    • Motorcyclists did acrobatic tricks like bareback horse riders of old.
    • Reece now wants to develop his riding and hopes to become a top dressage rider.
    • Adkins later noted that the top fifty rodeo riders make roughly a half a million dollars a year nowadays.
    • Yet many street riders don't even wear helmets.
    • They should therefore be worn by riders of all ages.
    • Former mountain bike rider Miguel Martinez provided the only real positive with his occasional mountain forays.
    Synonyms
    horseman, horsewoman, horse rider, jockey
  • 2A condition or proviso added to something already said or decreed.

    one rider to the deal—if the hurricane heads north, we run for shelter
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a rider to this overview of the role of music in this story, however, I want to suggest an adjustment of perspective.
    • Just as a rider to that, policing operations, in their widest context, normally can go on for years.
    • Now a rider attached to a recent EPA appropriations bill could cause further delay.
    • Senator Murkowski has already proposed a rider to this effect on the appropriations bill for funding the war.
    • Yet there is a rider to this that cannot be ignored.
    • Some of your Republican colleagues want to attach some amendments, what they call riders.
    • Once again, isn't it worth asking why these types of appropriation bill riders are allowed?
    • However, one option for lawmakers whose bills do not go through the committee process is to attach them as riders to other legislation.
    • In 1998, for example, Leahy attached a rider to a bill designating Vermont's Lake Champlain one of the Great Lakes.
    • He'd get the money alright, but with a few small riders attached.
    • Let's not attach riders with our favorite untested opinions to our theses; it weakens our position.
    • A few years ago the US introduced a pernicious rider to their new telecommunications legislation.
    • So if need be, yes, there could be a rider on their appropriation bill that no money should be expended by the FCC to administer the Powell rule.
    • She attached a rider to a bill, which would have withheld money the department needed to implement the regulation.
    • With an environmental rider to the 1999 budget, they succeeded: the date was bumped four years to 2005.
    • The rider called the Dorgan Amendment would have made it illegal for the U.S. to spend money enforcing the travel ban.
    • So it needs to be read with the usual rider that young teenagers, for various reasons, don't always tell the whole truth and nothing but.
    • Insurance companies can now charge a maximum of 30 per cent of the premium of the main product for all riders attached to any policy.
    • There is a rider to that, which is ‘and to help them be the best that they can be’.
    Synonyms
    conditions, qualifications, provisions, provisos, caveats, stipulations, riders, contingencies, prerequisites, limitations, limits, constraints, restrictions, reservations, requirements, obligations
    1. 2.1British An addition or amendment to a document, especially a piece of legislation.
      the rules of Congress make it difficult to attach a rider to an appropriations bill
      a rider to an eligible life insurance policy
      Synonyms
      supplement, appendage, adjunct, addendum, add-on, extra, accompaniment, extension
  • 3A small weight positioned on the beam of a balance for fine adjustment.

Origin

Late Old English rīdere ‘mounted warrior, knight’ (see ride, -er).

 
 
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