喜樂美語
  1. 1nB1/ˈbækpækər/ · /ˈbækpækə/背包客

    someone who travels for fun, usually without much money, staying in cheap places and getting around on foot or by bus, train, or other public transport, with everything they need in a backpack.

    示範例句 · Example

    Two backpackers asked us how to get to the train station.

    逐字兩個背包客問我們要怎麼到火車站。

    「backpacker」是「背著背包、省著錢到處旅行的人」，中文就說「背包客」。重點不只是那個背包，而是那種旅行方式：住便宜的青年旅館，走路或搭公車、火車，行程自己排、想待多久就待多久。可以想成這個字就是從 backpack（背包）長出來的——全部家當都在背上，所以走到哪就能住到哪，也不需要花很多錢。跟 tourist 比一下：tourist 多半是短期度假、住旅館、跟著行程走；backpacker 通常時間長、預算低、自己決定下一站。

    常見搭配

    • a backpacker hostel

      背包客旅館、青年旅館

      a cheap place to stay that is made for backpackers

      In Bangkok you can find backpacker hostels for a few dollars a night.

    • popular with backpackers

      很受背包客歡迎

      liked and often visited by backpackers

      This quiet island is popular with backpackers from all over the world.

    • a young backpacker

      年輕的背包客

      a backpacker who is young, often a student

      The café was full of young backpackers sharing travel stories.

    • travel as a backpacker

      以背包客的方式旅行

      to travel in the cheap, independent way that backpackers do

      Aisha wants to travel as a backpacker before she starts university.

    • backpackers and campers

      背包客和露營的人

      people travelling with backpacks and people staying in tents

      The park has a small shop for backpackers and campers.

core核心畫面

You can picture one person with a big bag on their back and no fixed plan: everything they own for this trip is on their shoulders, so they can get off a bus in a new town and just walk. Cheap beds, long journeys, no schedule holding them.

可以想成一個人把整趟旅行的家當都背在背上：一個大背包裡就是全部的衣服和用品，所以下了公車、走出車站就能自己走進一座陌生的城鎮。住便宜的地方、搭大眾運輸、沒有太多預算，換來的是可以隨時改路線的自由。這個字帶著的畫面不是「觀光客」，而是「自己揹著走的人」。

同家族的字

複數 backpackers

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

backpackernoun

  • 1

    A traveler whose luggage consists of a backpack; especially, such a traveler who uses hostels, public transport, and other inexpensive services.

    • Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).
    • A decade ago, I was a backpacker entirely reliant on the railways as a means to see Britain, and with castles as my destination. Via trains alone, I was able to tick off nearly all of the castles that my English Heritage annual pass afforded me.
  • 2

    A hostel offering accommodation for such people.

    • We hardly ever stayed in backpackers as it was approximately double the cost of pitching a tent in a caravan park or nature reserve.
  • 3

    slangentertainmentlifestylemusicA fan or performer of backpack rap.

    • Blacks and Latinos were more likely to be gangsta rappers than backpackers.
    • To him the white backpackers are abject, 'safari wiggers' who threaten to undo all his careful work at 'passing' in this culture. With their earnestness and clumsy naiveté they betray the scandalous truth of his posturing.

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。