pickaback

An archaic adverb meaning 'on the back or shoulders,' as in carrying someone piggyback. It is an older variant of the modern term 'piggyback' and is rarely used in contemporary English.

• 🇨🇳过时的副词，意为“在背上或肩上”，指把某人背在背上或扛在肩上。它是现代英语中“piggyback”的较旧说法，在现代英语中很少使用。

1. On a railroad flatcar C1 formal

   Describes the transport of a truck or trailer on a railroad flatcar.

   • The trucks were shipped pickaback across the country.
   • The company uses pickaback transport to reduce costs.
   • The trailers were loaded pickaback onto the train.

   🇨🇳在铁路平板车上

   同义词: piggyback

2. On the back or shoulders B2 informal

   Carried on someone's back, shoulders, or straddled on the hip.

   • The child rode pickaback on his father's shoulders.
   • She carried her little sister pickaback through the park.
   • He gave his daughter a pickaback ride home.

   🇨🇳在背上或肩上

   同义词: piggyback

• more pickaback comparative form
• most pickaback superlative form