piggyback

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ldoce_259_bpig·gy·back1 /ˈpɪɡibæk/ (also piggyback ride) noun [countable]   CARRYif you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs 背，驮，扛 →5  See picture of PIGGYBACK 背 —piggyback adverb

Examples from the Corpus

piggyback• More than 70 percent of the females at the lake reach the water with a male already riding piggyback.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.piggyback2 verb [intransitive] informal  1  USE/CONSUMEto use something that is bigger, better, or more successful in order to help another product or project succeed 利用，借助piggyback on/onto videos that piggyback onto the success of proven TV programs 借助已经成功 的电视节目推出的录影带2  to use someone else’s wi-fi connection to the Internet, without their knowledge or permission 盗用〔他人的无线网络〕piggyback on/onto How can I prevent other people from piggybacking onto my connection? 我怎么才能阻止其他人盗用我的网络连接？ —piggybacking noun [uncountable]→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

piggyback on/onto• Others piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.• I had been dreaming of Cymbeline riding piggyback on my shoulders.• These new firms are piggybacking onto technology that we developed.From Longman Business Dictionarypiggybackpig‧gy‧back /ˈpɪgibæk/ verb1[intransitive, transitive] to use a situation that already exists in order to do or get what you wantpiggyback on/ontoSome pharmaceutical companies piggyback on existing brands by borrowing parts of their names.It wants to piggyback its order onto another city’s contract to keep costs down.2[transitive]TRANSPORT to move goods from one place to another, using containers that can be carried both by train and by road→ See Verb table

pig·gy·back1 nounpiggyback2 verbChineseSyllable  

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piggyback

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pig‧gy‧back¹ /ˈpɪɡibæk/ (also ˈpiggyback ˌride) noun [countable]
if you give someone, especially a child, a piggyback, you carry them high on your shoulders, supporting them with your hands under their legs
—piggyback adverb

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piggyback² verb [intransitive] informal
1. to use something that is bigger, better, or more successful in order to help another product or project succeed
    piggyback on/onto
    videos that piggyback onto the success of proven TV programs
2. to use someone else’s wi-fi connection to the Internet, without their knowledge or permission
    piggyback on/onto
    How can I prevent other people from piggybacking onto my connection?
—piggybacking noun [uncountable]