单词	straphanger
释义	straphanger /ˈstraphaŋɡə / noun informal 1A standing passenger in a bus or train: the straphangers were swaying unsteadily... A good Samaritan who was viciously slashed as he defended another subway rider from a razor-wielding robber said yesterday no other passengers came to his aid - not even the straphanger he rescued. The other straphangers look at me with stony faces. For the third year now, the spirits of weary straphangers on Calgary transit will be lifted. 1.1chiefly US A person who commutes to work by public transport: single straphangers on their way to work... New York's most beautiful outer-borough neighborhoods have a harder time competing with Westchester and New Jersey for affluent residents when straphangers must endure brutal commutes. On my daily commute to work, I always notice a newspaper salesman at a dangerous intersection of the Grand Central Parkway, hawking all of New York's hometown papers for both straphangers and drivers. But there will be plenty of other victims - starting with the 7 million straphangers and 600,000 schoolchildren who depend on city subways and buses every day. Derivatives strap-hang /ˈstraphaŋ/ verb ... Dave and I are heading home on the Tozai Line one evening, when a guy gets on and stands in front of us, strap-hanging. You squeeze on-board next to a woman strap-hanging with an paperback. I'm glad I did a proper job before comedy because it's made me grateful for not having to strap-hang for an hour into work every day.
随便看	the streets are paved with gold the strength of the struggle for existence (or life) the Sublime the Sultan the summer country the sun the sun is over the yardarm the Supreme Being the sword of justice theta the tail of one's eye the tail wags the dog theta rhythm theta role the Tasman the Tatras the Temptation the Tempter the Theocracy the thick end of something the thin blue line the thin end of the wedge the three Es the Three Graces

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