A joyrider is the person who goes on a joyride in that crime sense: they take a car that is not theirs and drive it fast and dangerously for fun. The trip is the joyride; the person is the joyrider.

A joyrider is the person who goes on a joyride in that crime sense joyrider指的是在那種犯罪意義上去joyride的人: they take a car that is not theirs and drive it fast and dangerously for fun他們開走不屬於自己的車,為了好玩而開得又快又危險. The trip is the joyride; the person is the joyrider那趟車程叫joyride,那個人就叫joyrider.

You meet the word in news English and in talk about crime. It is informal-to-neutral, not a legal job title.

You meet the word in news English and in talk about crime你會在新聞英文和談論犯罪的場合遇到這個字. It is informal-to-neutral, not a legal job title這個字算是偏口語到中性,不是什麼法律上的職稱.

Though actually, some speakers stretch it the same way they stretch joyride, and use joyrider for anyone driving in a wild, showing-off way — even in a car they own. That stretch exists, but the filed meaning is the person who steals (or takes) the car for the thrill. One joyride can have several joyriders if they are all in on it.

Though actually, some speakers stretch it the same way they stretch joyride不過,有些人會像延伸joyride那樣延伸這個字, and use joyrider for anyone driving in a wild, showing-off way — even in a car they own把joyrider用來指任何開車開得瘋狂、愛炫耀的人,就算開的是自己的車. That stretch exists, but the filed meaning is the person who steals (or takes) the car for the thrill這種延伸用法是存在的,但正式的意思是為了刺激而偷(或擅自開走)車的那個人. One joyride can have several joyriders if they are all in on it如果大家都有份,一趟joyride可以有好幾個joyrider.