| 单词 | rider |
| 释义 | rider (once / 255 pages) 1n 2n Riders are people who are in motion — riding bicycles, subways, horses, roller coasters and much more. Another kind of rider is a special list that attaches to, or "rides along" with, a contract. The noun rider means "one who rides," but its other meaning is "a document that is added to legal or official documents." On Capitol Hill, lawmakers add riders to legislation documents to try to get certain stipulations to be part of new laws. You may have heard of touring musicians who demand that certain rare flowers be placed in their hotel rooms, which must have Italian linen sheets on the bed, and be exactly 71 degrees. It's all in the rider of the tour contract. WORD FAMILYrider: riders+/override: overridden, overrides, overriding, overrode/overriding: overridingly/ride: override, ridden, rider, rides, riding, rode/riding: ridings USAGE EXAMPLESWiggins, 36, was named on Thursday as part of the eight rider men's track endurance team in British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme squad. Reuters(Dec 01, 2016) It’s not quite “SafeCar,” but Wiedefeld said the changes could have dramatic effect on the day-to-day experiences of Metro riders. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) This has set off a vicious cycle of lower revenues leading to service cuts and higher fares that drive more riders away. Reuters(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1n a traveler who actively rides an animal (as a horse or camel) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Bernard Hinault French racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1954) Eddy MerckxBelgian racing cyclist who won the Tour de France five times (born in 1945) hang glider a rider of a hang glider equestrian, horseback rider, horsemana man skilled in equitation pedaler, pedallera person who rides a pedal-driven vehicle (as a bicycle) picadorthe horseman who pricks the bull with a lance early in the bullfight to goad the bull and to make it keep its head low bronco buster, broncobuster, bustera person who breaks horses bicycler, bicyclist, cyclist, wheelera person who rides a bicycle fox huntera mounted hunter who follows the hounds in pursuit of a fox horsewomana woman horseman jockeysomeone employed to ride horses in horse races postilion, postillionsomeone who rides the near horse of a pair in order to guide the horses pulling a carriage (especially a carriage without a coachman) roughridera horseman skilled at breaking wild horses to the saddle unicyclista person who rides a unicycle traveler, traveller a person who changes location 2n a traveler who actively rides a vehicle (as a bicycle or motorcycle) Hyper traveler, traveller a person who changes location 3n a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper passenger commuter someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city farea paying (taxi) passenger hitchhikera person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles stowawaya person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage straphangera standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support straphangera commuter who uses public transportation traveler, traveller a person who changes location n a clause that is appended to a legislative bill Hyper article, clause a separate section of a legal document (as a statute or contract or will) |
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