hobo

英 [ˈhəʊbəʊ]

美 [ˈhoʊboʊ]

n.  流浪的失业工人; (尤指农场)季节工人，零工

复数：hobos　

BNC.40339 / COCA.19995

牛津词典

noun

• 流浪的失业工人；（尤指农场）季节工人，零工
  a person who travels from place to place looking for work, especially on farms
• 流浪的失业工人；（尤指农场）季节工人，零工
  a person who travels from place to place looking for work, especially on farms

柯林斯词典

• 游民;（尤指四处行乞的）流浪汉
  Ahobois a person who has no home, especially one who travels from place to place and gets money by begging.

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 tramp


• 流动工人;（尤指）流动性农工
  Ahobois a worker, especially a farm worker, who goes from place to place in order to find work.

英英释义

noun

• a disreputable vagrant
  1. a homeless tramp
  2. he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
  Synonym:trampbum

双语例句

• The little dog had been a part of our family for about two years when a hobo knocked at the back door and asked if we could give him something to eat.
  小狗成为我们家一员约两年后，一天，有个流浪汉敲我们家后门，问我们能否给他点吃的。
• The trip "fits that whole image of New England in the fall," said Emily Clark, Eddie and Brenda's daughter-in-law, who works for the family-owned Hobo line.
  艾美莉·克拉克是艾迪和布兰达的儿媳妇，如今在这条家族铁路漫游线上工作。她说，这条线路“最适合大家用来欣赏新英格兰地区的秋色”。
• In almost one year, please estimate how much baozi you have sent to the hobo?
  在过去近1年的时间，你共发出了多少包子？
• Hobo is a big project.
  Hobo是一个很大的项目。
• He's a little rusty on some of'em, but he sure ain't forgettin'any of it, said the hobo.
  “有些表演它有点生疏了，不过它肯定什么也没忘，”流浪汉说。
• Hobo, you used to be very kind to me.
  霍波，你以前常对我很好。
• Running quickly to an old barrel, he lifted off one of the steel bands. He dashed back and handed it to the hobo.
  他快步跑向一个旧桶，摘下一个钢圈，急速跑回，把它交给了流浪汉。
• Come on, Hobo. Let's enjoy ourselves.
  快来吧，霍波，让我们玩得开心点。
• Dennis Prevost, a conductor on the Hobo line, collected tickets from Kaitlin Clark and her grandmother Martha Hedrick.
  丹尼斯普雷沃，一个霍伯线的售票员，在收取凯特林玛莎克拉克和她祖母赫德里克的门票。
• After caressing and talking to jacky, the old hobo uttered a brief command.
  在和杰基一番亲热与交谈后，老流浪汉发出一声简短的命令。