词汇 | hitching |
释义 | hitching present participle ofhitch hitch verb uk /hɪtʃ/ us /hɪtʃ/ hitchverb (RIDE)hitch a lift/rideinformal to get a free ride in someone else's vehicle as a way of travelling: 搭便车,免费搭车 They hitched a lift to Edinburgh from a passing car.他们搭乘一辆过路的车到了爱丁堡。 hitchverb (FASTEN)[ Tusually+ adv/prep ] to fasten something to another thing by tying it with a rope or using a metal hook: (用绳子)系住;(用钩子)挂住 be hitched toThe horses were hitched to a shiny, black carriage.马匹被套在一辆黑亮的大车上。 hitch something (on)to somethingWe just need to hitch the trailer (on)to the car and then we can go.我们只需把拖车挂在汽车后面,这样就可以走了。 Fastening and tying anchor bale be locked togetheridiom belay bind board something up bound bowline half hitch harness hobble hogtie knotted stake strap someone in strap something up strop tack tape something up tether Phrasal verbhitch something up Examples of hitchinghitching In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Yet the merchants were essential in the effort to reform local economies by hitching them to the colonial market - and to the body of corporate nations beyond. Of course, by hitching ourselves to the deutschmark, we are hitching ourselves to something that is unpredictable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He also made some remarks about hitching my wagon to a star. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let the registrar who did the hitching do the unhitching. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Another scenario is of people hitching a lift and declaring that they will be seeking asylum, but not doing so immediately and disappearing underground. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It seems to some of us to be about as appropriate as a healthy person hitching a lift in an ambulance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What has happened is not only a question of putting the cart before the horse but of hitching the horse back to front even in that unusual position. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If free trade is the virtue that he describes, there would be no harm in hitching ourselves to such a rapidly growing market and major industrial power. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fearing that delay would ensue, those friends and neighbours have taken action by hitching up their tractors to the trailers, lorries, char-a-bancs and so forth, and have removed the travellers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What is the point of hitching ourselves to a devil's bandwagon that could draw us into an economy that could be under severe strain in a short time? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He winds up hitching a ride on the back of a motorcycle with an older man. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Before the 1940s, each manufacturer used their own systems for hitching, or attaching their implements to their tractors. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The trails were developed in the late 1980s for horseback riding, and are well-equipped with watering holes and hitching posts. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The three then begin their journey across the country by hitching rides in semi-trucks transporting incomplete sections of houses from one location to another. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Once, hitching a ride with a reporter, he expressed disgust at the auto's overflowing ash tray. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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