stowaway
偷渡者,偷渡客,偷渡,偷运
Definitions
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- : a person who hides aboard a ship or airplane in order to obtain free transportation or elude pursuers.
Examples
There are stowaways in the trunk of the warden’s car who want to take the story in one direction.
Key sources of snakes into New Zealand include stowaways in cargo ships, smugglers at airports, and enterprising swimmers.
Only some stowaways will manage to make permanent homes in new territory.
But when England began trading with the Orient, the cockroach grew venturesome, and began putting to sea as a stowaway.
If Bothwell were on board the ship as a stowaway the aspect of affairs was more serious even than we had thought.
More likely to be a stowaway on a merchantman and then roustabout on a cattle boat, or some such thing.
Two years before this he had been a stowaway from England to America, and he was not discovered for several days.
The Captain's gaze settled on the stowaway's spotless white shirt and collar.