hobo的意思|hobo的解释-里氏词典

hobo ['hәubәu]

n. 无业游民, 流浪汉, 流动人口

vi. 过流浪生涯

hobo
hoboes

[ noun ]
a disreputable vagrant
<noun.person>
a homeless tramphe tried to help the really down-and-out bums

Hobo \Ho"bo\, n.; pl. {Hobos} or {Hoboes}. [Of uncertain
origin.]
A professional tramp; one who spends his life traveling from
place to place, esp. by stealing rides on trains, and begging
for a living. [U. S.] -- {Ho"bo*ism}, n.

Syn: tramp, bum.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

One Great Depression hobo in Mr. Terkel's book recalls, "If you were looking for a job at a Standard Oil service station, you had to have a college degree."
The story details the life and hard times of Cass McKay, a teenager from a West Texas family so impoverished that Cass dreams of becoming a hobo.
Kinslow, a retired electrical engineer and former hobo, had been told by the state auditor's office that his $34,482.29 in savings was in danger of government seizure because of a lack of account activity.
The number in short-term debt is continuing to fall but one in 12 homeowners is two or more months in arrears with mortgage payments. Report, Page 6 A 70-year-old hobo died the other day in Palermo, Sicily.

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