hitchhiking
hitchhiking — 動詞
1. to stand at the roadside and signal to passing drivers that you would like a fre
搭便車
舉手攔車請求順路搭載
to stand at the roadside and signal to passing drivers that you would like a free lift to wherever they are heading
During her summer break, Marta hitchhiked from Madrid to Lisbon with a friend.
Marta 在暑假時和朋友從馬德里一路搭便車到里斯本。
hitchhiked + from [city] + to [city] — route pattern
When his bicycle got a flat tyre, Dario decided to hitchhike to the nearest town.
Dario 的腳踏車爆胎後，他決定搭便車到最近的鎮上。
hitchhike + to [destination] — goal pattern
Maeve hitchhiked through the Scottish Highlands last October and met many kind drivers.
Maeve 去年十月搭便車穿越蘇格蘭高地，途中遇到許多友善的司機。
After the last bus left without them, Tariro and Adina tried to hitchhike home.
最後一班公車開走後，Tariro 和 Adina 只好試著搭便車回家。
Yasmin had never hitchhiked before, but she needed to reach the airport before midnight.
Yasmin 以前從未搭過便車，但她必須在午夜前趕到機場。
- thumb a lift
more informal, refers to the hand signal used
- hitch a ride
equally common, slightly more casual in tone
- ask for a lift
broader — can mean asking friends or acquaintances, not just strangers
文法句型
hitchhike + to [destination]
hitchhike + across/through [area]
hitchhike + from [place] + to [place]
用法筆記
Intransitive only — you cannot 'hitchhike someone'. The driver who stops gives you a lift; you are not the direct object of the verb.
常見錯誤
hitchhiking — 名詞
1. the practice of getting free transport by waiting at the edge of a road and aski
便車旅行
攔車請求載送的旅遊方式
the practice of getting free transport by waiting at the edge of a road and asking drivers in vehicles that go past for a ride to wherever they are heading
Hitchhiking was a common way for young Europeans to explore the continent during the 1970s.
在1970年代，搭便車旅行是許多歐洲年輕人探索大陸的普遍方式。
hitchhiking as an uncountable-noun subject
In many countries, hitchhiking is not allowed on expressways because of safety concerns.
在許多國家，為了安全考量，高速公路上禁止搭便車。
Aunt Noor told us stories about hitchhiking when she was a university student in Ireland.
Noor 阿姨跟我們說她大學在愛爾蘭唸書時搭便車旅行的故事。
For adventurous travellers, hitchhiking offers a cheap way to reach remote places.
對喜歡冒險的旅人來說，搭便車旅行是一種前往偏遠地區的便宜方式。
The documentary followed two backpackers who relied on hitchhiking to travel across India.
這部紀錄片跟拍了兩名靠搭便車橫越印度的背包客。
- autostop
dated or European term, rarely used in American English
- free-ride travel
descriptive phrase, not an established single-word synonym
文法句型
go + hitchhiking
hitchhiking + is/was
rely on + hitchhiking
用法筆記
Uncountable — you cannot say 'a hitchhiking' or 'hitchhikings'. The activity is typically referred to as 'hitchhiking' or with the phrase 'go hitchhiking'.