hobo

• n. 流浪漢；無業(yè)游民
• vi. 過流浪生活
• vt. 流浪著過
• n. (Hobo)人名；(葡)奧博

詞源不詳，可能來自口語ho,boy,召喚工人用語，即小伙子，停下。

hobo (n.)

1889, Western U.S., of unknown origin. Barnhart compares early 19c. English dialectal hawbuck "lout, clumsy fellow, country bumpkin." Or possibly from ho, boy, a workers' call on late 19c. western U.S. railroads. Facetious formation hobohemia, "community or life of hobos," is from 1923 (see bohemian).

1. Marching songs, work songs, hobo songs and Negro spirituals are also forms of folk song.

行軍歌 、 勞動(dòng)號(hào)子 、 流浪曲、黑人圣歌也都應(yīng)包括在民歌范圍之內(nèi).

來自英漢非文學(xué) - 民俗

2. In 1931 all the long voyages ended for him in a hobo jungle.

一九三一年,他結(jié)束了長途的奔波,來到了一個(gè)流浪漢的營地上.

來自辭典例句

3. How can I get married looking like a hobo?

我看起來像個(gè)流浪漢我這樣能結(jié)婚 嗎 ?

來自電影對(duì)白

4. Hobo told Eddie that she had seen this film twice.

霍波告訴埃迪他已經(jīng)看過這部影片兩次了.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Jacky stood, watching the hobo walk away, still poised to follow.

杰基站住了, 看著流浪漢離去, 但是仍做著跟隨的準(zhǔn)備.

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