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hangers-on

/hang-er-on, -awn/US // ˈhæŋ ərˈɒn, -ˈɔn //

人贩子,人工,人工智能,人从

Related Words

lackey奴才,仆人,奴仆,奴才们dependent依赖的,依赖性,依赖性的,依靠的freeloader自由职业者,白吃白喝的人,白吃白喝者,白吃白喝parasite寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物sycophant跟屁虫,跟班,附庸风雅,跟班的follower跟随者,追随者,从者,从业人员flunky矮胖子,矮子,矮人,矮小的人nuisance讨厌的人,滋扰,扰民,滋扰物leech水蛭,蛭子,蛭,蚂蟥truckler卡车司机,卡车手,卡车工,货车司机sponger海绵人,海绵宝宝,海绵城市,海绵状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural hang·ers-on.

    • : a person who remains in a place or attaches himself or herself to a group, another person, etc., although not wanted, especially in the hope or expectation of personal gain.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounperson who attends the powerful for status or benefit
Synonyms
dependent依赖的,依赖性,依赖性的,依靠的flunky矮胖子,矮子,矮人,矮小的人follower跟随者,追随者,从者,从业人员freeloader自由职业者,白吃白喝的人,白吃白喝者,白吃白喝lackey奴才,仆人,奴仆,奴才们leech水蛭,蛭子,蛭,蚂蟥nuisance讨厌的人,滋扰,扰民,滋扰物parasite寄生虫,寄生者,寄生物,寄生生物sponger海绵人,海绵宝宝,海绵城市,海绵状物sycophant跟屁虫,跟班,附庸风雅,跟班的truckler卡车司机,卡车手,卡车工,货车司机

Examples

  • Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.

  • Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.

  • You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.

  • It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.

  • Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?

  • I drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.

  • Kingston-on-Thames is still provincial in appearance, though now the centre of a great growth of modern suburbs.

  • Besides the districts mentioned, tobacco is grown largely in that of Frankfort-on-the Oder.

  • Madame Malmaison had always been a little proud of the beauty and grace and sweetness of her fitter-on.

  • Berwick-on-Tweed lies partly in England and partly in Scotland, the river which runs through it forming the boundary line.

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