hitch a ride

基本解释

I only want to hitch a ride home.
我只是想免费搭便车回家。
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As we look to our future amid the stars, solar sail technology gives us a similar opportunity: the chance to hitch a ride on light.
如今，当我们仰望群星，太阳帆让我们再次来到了机遇之海的岸边：我们或许有机会驾着光线飞行！
How they work: To get off the ground from a runway, a hypersonic plane would either hitch a ride on a conventional plane, or have its own conventional jet engine.
工作原理：从跑道脱离地面，高超音速飞机或者骑在传统飞机上系住，或者拥有自己的传统喷射引擎。

So unless we can hitch a ride on some souped-up neutrinos, 2011 is gone forever.
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So why not have it here, where he could drive away and leave me to hitch a ride back into town?
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