pillion

n. 妇女用马鞍, 后部座位, 摩托车后座 [医] 暂用假腿

发音

其它 /ˈpɪljən/

词形变化

pillions 复数 pillions pillioned pillioning pillions 三单 pillioning 现在分词 pillioned 过去式 pillioned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pad behind the saddle of a horse for a second rider.

  2. 2.

    A similar second saddle on a bicycle or motorcycle for a passenger.

    1927, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mysteries She was to creep out quietly […] and meet me at our usual trysting place—a spot a few hundred yards from our respective abodes. I would be there with my iron steed, and on the pillion thereof would whirl her into fairyland.

  3. 3.

    The person riding in the pillion.

  4. 4.

    The cushion of a saddle.

v.
  1. 1.

    To place (a person) on a pillion.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To ride on a pillion.

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To put a pillion on a horse.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Riding behind the driving rider, as when positioned on the rump of a mount.

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词源

From Scottish Gaelic pillean (“little rug”), from Latin pellis (“animal skin, pelt”).

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