English Dictionary

piggyback

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders. / An act or instance of piggybacking. / (medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.

日本語の意味

（他人の背中や肩に乗る）おんぶ、背負って運ぶこと。 / おんぶ運びの行為。また、そのような行為の実例。 / 医学用語として：一つの点滴装置を他の点滴装置に連結すること。

At the festival, Maria gave her little brother a piggyback so he could see over the crowd.

祭りで、マリアは弟が人混みの上から見えるように肩車をしてあげた。

意味（1）

(countable) A ride on somebody's back or shoulders.

意味（2）

An act or instance of piggybacking.

The growth is taken for granted; what absorbs Americans today is the implication of piggyback for gross revenues and, more important, net profits.

意味（3）

(medicine, countable, uncountable) The connection of one intravenous drip to another.

Piggyback medications are given through a port of an existing intravenous site. […] Calculation of the drip rate for piggybacks is the same as any other drip rate.

piggybacks （ plural ）