| 单词 | piggyback |
| 释义 | piggyback (once / 33964 pages) 1advnv 2vadv 3v To ride piggyback is to hang on to someone's shoulders as they carry you on their back. The best babysitters are happy to give endless piggyback rides. You can use piggyback as an adverb or a noun: "Will you give me a piggyback the rest of the way home?" It can also mean "use someone else's work for support or advantage," like when your idea of selling muffins piggybacks on your brother's existing plan to drive a bakery-themed food truck around town. Experts think piggyback comes from pickaback and the even earlier pick pack (think "backpack"). WORD FAMILYpiggyback: piggybacked, piggybacking, piggybacks USAGE EXAMPLESAccording to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, it would allow donors to “piggyback on the foundation’s work of supporting global health, international development, and American education.” Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) Tandems also allow perovskites to piggyback on the entrenched silicon industry. Science Magazine(Dec 07, 2016) The program is one hour long and piggybacks into the next show. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1adv on the back or shoulder or astraddle on the hip she carried her child piggyback Syn pickaback, pig-a-back 2n the act of carrying something piggyback Hyper carry the act of carrying something 3v ride on someone's shoulders or back Hyper ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle 4v support on the back and shoulders 2He piggybacked her child so she could see the show Hyper bear, carry, hold support or hold in a certain manner 1v haul by railroad car Hyper haul transport in a vehicle 2v haul truck trailers loaded with commodities on railroad cars Hyper haul transport in a vehicle 3adv on a railroad flatcar 3the trailer rode piggyback across the country Syn pickaback, pig-a-back v bring into alignment with an amendment to piggyback the current law Hyper alter, change, modify cause to change; make different; cause a transformation |
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