hitch
verbVerb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they hitch | |
he / she / it hitches | |
past simple hitched | |
past participle hitched | |
-ing form hitching |
- [transitive, intransitive]
to get a free ride in a person’s car; to travel around in this way, by standing at the side of the road and trying to get passing cars to stop 免费搭车;搭便车 - hitch something
They hitched a ride in a truck. 他们搭乘了一辆路过的货车。 - (British English also)
They hitched a lift. 他们搭了便车。 They tried to hitch a lift back to London. 他们试图搭便车回伦敦。 We hitched a ride with a travelling salesman. 我们搭了一个旅行推销员的便车。 - (+ adv./prep.)
We spent the summer hitching around Europe. 我们借搭便车在欧洲各地旅行了一个夏天。 They hitched across the States. 他们搭便车穿越了美国。 We didn’t take the bus—we hitched. 我们没有乘公共汽车——我们是搭顺风车的。
- hitch something
- [transitive] hitch something (up)
to pull up a piece of your clothing synonym hike up提起,拉起(衣服) - [transitive] hitch yourself (up, etc.)
to lift yourself into a higher position, or the position mentioned 攀上;跃上 - [transitive] hitch something (to something)
to tie or fasten something to something else with a rope, a hook, etc. 拴住;套住;钩住
Word OriginMiddle English (in sense 2): of unknown origin.
Idioms
get hitched
- (informal)
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