piggyback

FREQ #25188

a. 背着的, 在背肩上的 adv. 背着, 在背肩上

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词形变化

piggybacks 复数 piggybacks piggybacked piggybacking piggybacks 三单 piggybacking 现在分词 piggybacked 过去式 piggybacked 过去分词

别名

pig-a-back piggy-back pickaback

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    An act or instance of piggybacking.

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  3. 3.

    The connection of one intravenous drip to another.

    可数 不可数 医学
v.
  1. 1.

    To carry (someone) on the back or shoulders.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To ride on someone's back or shoulders.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To attach or append something to another (usually larger) object or event.

    及物/不及物

    They tried to piggyback that proposal on the rivers and harbors bill.

    The popular host can’t claim credit for the trade, though. The idea wasn’t his. He piggybacked off another successful investor who had a history of picking winners.

    Allen Gregory DeLongpre: Pat, I gotta tell you, you did a lot of things right with this lunch―kudos. You got back quickly, you showed initiative, and, best of all, you left plenty of room for improvement. Piggybacking on that last part, the ugly business of the critique.

  4. 4.

    To obtain a wireless internet connection by bringing one's own computer within the range of another's wireless connection without that subscriber's permission or knowledge.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To utilize "last-mile" wiring rented from a larger owner ISP by a smaller ISP.

    及物
  6. 6.

    To transport (a lorry/truck) on a flatbed railway wagon.

    及物
  7. 7.

    To enter a secured area at the same time along with (someone having authorized access); to tailgate.

    及物

    Okay, when someone accesses a door with a card key, anyone additional who comes in with them is piggy-backing on their access, like someone riding piggy-back. Get it?

adj.
  1. 1.

    On somebody's back or shoulders.

    give someone a piggyback ride

  2. 2.

    Pertaining to transportation of goods where one transportation unit is carried on the back of something else. For example, a truck on a train.

  3. 3.

    Attached or appended to something larger or more important.

    piggyback legislation

adv.
  1. 1.

    On somebody's back or shoulders.

    to ride piggyback

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词源

A corruption of pickaback, itself a corruption of pick-pack, like a pack.

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