hobo

FREQ #17083

n. 无业游民, 流浪汉, 流动人口 vi. 过流浪生涯

发音

UK /ˈhəʊ.bəʊ/
其它
US /ˈhoʊ.boʊ/
AU /ˈhəʉ.bəʉ/

词形变化

hoboes hobos 复数 hobos hoboes 复数 hoboed hoboing hobos 三单 hoboing 现在分词 hoboed 过去式 hoboed 过去分词

别名

hoboe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A wandering homeless person, especially (historical) one illegally travelling by rail or (derogatory) a penniless, unemployed bum.

    加拿大 美国
  2. 2.

    Any migratory laborer, whether homeless or not.

    加拿大 美国
  3. 3.

    A kind of large handbag.

v.
  1. 1.

    To be a hobo, tramp, bum etc.

    不及物

    Joe idly hoboed through half the country till he realized hoboing never gets you anywhere in life.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

bum tramp migrant worker

上位词 7

temporary temp drifter vagabond vagrant floater clochard

下位词 1

dosser

相关短语

hobo spider hobo jungle hobo bag hobo bags hobo stove hobo spiders hobo jungles hobo stoves Hobo Joe hobo stew hobo stews hobo egg laptop hobo murder hobo

词源

Unknown. Possibly a contraction of ho, boy or the dialectal English term hawbuck (“lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin”).

来源：wiktionary