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单词 ride
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rideverb

uk/raɪd/us/raɪd/rode, ridden

A1 [ I or T ] to sit on something such as a bicycle, motorbike, or horse and travel along on it controlling its movements:

I learned to ride a bike when I was six.
I ride my moped to work.
I ride to work on my moped.
The hunters came riding by/past on their horses.

[ I ] to ride a horse:

Can you ride?
Their daughter is learning to ride.
He rides well/badly.

A2 [ I or T ] to travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or train:

He doesn't have a car so he rides to work on the bus.
mainly US We rode the train from San Diego to Portland.

[ T ] US to try to control someone and force them to work:

Your boss is riding you much too hard at the moment.

More examples

  • Can you ride a bike?
  • I've told you many a time not to ride your bike on the pavement.
  • She won't have any troubles learning to ride a horse - you can see she's a natural.
  • She mounted her horse and rode off.
  • As a young girl, she spent every weekend riding her pony.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Horse riding

  • curry
  • dismount
  • dressage
  • gait
  • gymkhana
  • high-spirited
  • horseback riding
  • horseshoe
  • horsey
  • jib at sth
  • mount
  • mounted
  • prance
  • puissance
  • rein
  • rein sth in
  • showjumping
  • silk
  • trot
  • unsaddle

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Journeys
Travelling
Causing somebody to act

Idiom(s)

be riding for a fall
be riding high
let sth ride
ride (on) a wave of sth
ride herd on sb/sth
ride (out) the storm
ride roughshod over sb/sth

Phrasal verb(s)

ride on sth/sb
ride sth out
ride up

ridenoun [ C ]

uk/raɪd/us/raɪd/

B1 a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle:

It's a short bus ride to the airport.
I went for a (horse) ride last Saturday.
Do you want to come for a ride on my bike?

B1 mainly US UK usually lift a free journey in a car to a place where you want to go:

He asked me for a ride into town.

US a person who gives you a ride in their car:

Well, I have to go - my ride is here.

US informal someone's car:

Hey, nice ride.

B1 a machine in an amusement park that people travel in or are moved around by for entertainment:

We went on all the rides.
My favourite ride is the Ferris wheel.

More examples

  • Hang on tight - it's going to be a very bumpy ride.
  • A five-mile bike ride? That's kids' stuff.
  • It's a 20-minute bus ride.
  • I gave her a piggyback ride.
  • I gave her a ride when her car broke down.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Journeys

  • adventure
  • break-journey
  • carpool
  • carsick
  • convoy
  • field trip
  • flight
  • foray
  • grand tour
  • journey
  • mystery tour
  • odyssey
  • outward-bound
  • peregrination
  • pilgrimage
  • round trip
  • sail
  • short-haul
  • the long haul idiom
  • trip

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Carnival, fairground & circus

Idiom(s)

a rough ride
take sb for a ride
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