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单词 piggyback
释义 pig·gy·back
I. adverb
or pick·a·back also pig-a-back \ˈpig]ēˌbak, ]iˌb- sometimes -ik] or ]əˌb-\
Etymology: alteration of earlier a pick pack, a pickback, of unknown origin
1. : up on the back and shoulders
 < had her child with her … astraddle on her hip, or piggyback — John Bennett >
 < shows a flood victim being carried from his home piggybackAltoona (Pa.) Mirror >
2. : on a railroad flatcar
 < the trailer rode piggyback from coast to coast >
II. noun
or pickaback also pig-a-back \“\
1. : the act of carrying piggyback : the state of being carried piggyback
 < beg daddy for a piggybackParents' Magazine >
2. : the process of loading, transporting, and unloading truck trailers on railroad flatcars or cars of special design
 < estimate the cost of shipping by piggyback >
III. adjective
or pickaback also pig-a-back \“\
1. : marked by being up on the shoulders and back
 < a child needs hugging, tussling, and piggyback rides — Benjamin Spock >
2. : of or relating to the hauling of truck trailers on railroad flatcars
 < piggyback service >
 < piggyback cars >
IV. transitive verb
1. : to carry up on the shoulders and back
 < swum with them and piggybacked them and attended them — R.P.Smith >
 < piggybacking a crippled classmate to school for a whole year — Saturday Review >
2. : to haul (as a truck trailer) by railroad car
intransitive verb
: to haul truck trailers usually loaded with commodities on railroad cars
 < the railroad has been piggybacking for quite a number of years >
V. adjective
1. : of, relating to, or being something (as a capsule or package) carried into space as an extra load by a vehicle (as a spacecraft or rocket)
2. : of, relating to, or being a radio or television commercial that is presented in addition to other commercials during one commercial break
3. : supplemental : additional
piggyback adverb
VI. transitive verb
: to set up or cause to function in conjunction with something larger or more important
 < school bus drivers' union is piggybacking its demand for recognition … on the teachers' strike — New Orleans (La.) Times-Picayune >
intransitive verb
: to function or be carried as if on the back of another
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