ride
verb uk/raɪd/ us/raɪd/ rode | ridden
A1 [ I or T ]骑（自行车、摩托车或马等）
to sit on something such as a bicycle, motorbike, or horse and travel along on it controlling its movements
I learned to ride a bike when I was six. 我6岁学会了骑自行车。
I ride my moped to work. 我骑机动自行车去上班。
I ride to work on my moped. 我骑机动自行车去上班。
The hunters came riding by/past on their horses. 猎人们骑马飞驰而过。
[ I ]骑马
to ride a horse
Can you ride? 你会骑马吗？
Their daughter is learning to ride. 他们的女儿正在学骑马。
He rides well/badly. 他骑术很好／差。
A2 [ I or T ]乘（车），坐（车）；搭乘
to travel in a vehicle, such as a car, bus, or train
He doesn't have a car so he rides to work on the bus. 他没有私家车，所以就坐公共汽车去上班。
mainly US We rode the train from San Diego to Portland. 我们从圣地亚哥坐火车到波特兰。
[ T ] US驾驭，试图控制（某人）并强迫其工作
to try to control someone and force them to work
Your boss is riding you much too hard at the moment. 你的老板现在把你管得太严了。
- More examples
- Can you ride a bike?
- I've told you many a time not to ride your bike on the pavement.
- She won't have any troubles learning to ride a horse - you can see she's a natural.
- She mounted her horse and rode off.
- As a young girl, she spent every weekend riding her pony.
Idioms
be riding for a fallidiom 自讨苦吃；自找麻烦
to be behaving in a way that is likely to lead you into trouble
She spends far more than she earns and she's riding for a fall. 她入不敷出，早晚会有麻烦。
be riding highidiom 大获成功；一帆风顺
to be very successful
riding high in the polls/charts 在选举中大获成功／在流行音乐排行榜上名列前茅
let something rideidiom informal 听之任之；放任自流
to not take any action to stop something wrong or unpleasant, thinking that action may not be necessary or is not yet necessary
Don't panic about the low sales - let it ride for a while and see if business picks up. 销售额低迷也不必惊慌——先观望一阵子，看看生意能不能有起色。
ride (on) a wave of somethingidiom 乘…之势;借…的东风
If you ride (on) a wave of a feeling, you get an advantage from it.
The new president is riding (on) a wave of popularity. 新总统深得人心，大获其益。
ride herd on someone/somethingidiom US 看管，监督
to be responsible for controlling a group of people and their actions
The new editor will ride herd on the staff, checking on the overall policy and tone of the paper. 新编辑将要管理全体职员，检查该份报纸的总体政策和风格。
ride (out) the stormidiom 渡过难关；走出困境
to manage not to be destroyed, harmed, or permanently affected by the difficult situation you experience
The government seems confident that it will ride out the storm. 政府好像很有信心渡过难关。
ride roughshod over someone/somethingidiom 不管…而一意孤行
to do what you want without giving any attention to other people or their wishes
They accused the government of riding roughshod over parliamentary procedure. 他们指责政府藐视议会程序一意孤行。
Phrasal verbs
ride on something/someone 依赖，依靠，指望
When something important, such as your reputation or money, rides on a particular person or thing, it will be won or achieved if that person or thing is successful.
The future of the company now rides on the new managing director. 公司的未来现在就指望新任经理了。
I have a lot of money riding on that horse (= I will win or lose a lot of money if that horse wins or loses the race). 我在那匹赛马上押了很多钱。
ride something out 安然渡过（难关）
to continue to exist during a difficult situation and until it ends, without serious harm
Many companies did not manage to ride out the recession. 经济衰退时期，许多公司没能渡过难关。
（船）平安度过（暴风雨）
If a ship rides out a period of bad weather, it continues to float during it, without serious damage.
The ship managed to ride out the storm. 这艘轮船平安度过了风暴。
ride up （衣服）向上收，缩上去
If a piece of clothing rides up, it moves up out of position
Your skirt has ridden up at the back. 你的裙子后面缩上去了。
ride
noun [ C ] uk/raɪd/ us/raɪd/
B1 （骑马、骑车或乘坐车辆的）旅行，行程
a journey on a horse or bicycle, or in a vehicle
It's a short bus ride to the airport. 坐公共汽车去机场很近。
I went for a (horse) ride last Saturday. 上周六我（骑马）去兜了一圈。
Do you want to come for a ride on my bike? 你想坐我的摩托车去兜兜风吗？
B1 mainly US (UK usually lift)乘便车;搭乘免费车
a free journey in a car to a place where you want to go
He asked me for a ride into town. 他请求搭我的便车进城。
US让你搭便车的人
a person who gives you a ride in their car
Well, I have to go - my ride is here. 好了，我得走了。让我搭车的人已经来了。
US informal（某人的）车
someone's car
Hey, nice ride. 哎，好车。
B1 （游乐园里）供人乘坐的游乐装置
a machine in an amusement park that people travel in or are moved around by for entertainment
We went on all the rides. 我们玩了游乐园里所有的装置。
My favourite ride is the Ferris wheel. 我最爱坐摩天轮。
- More examples
- Hang on tight - it's going to be a very bumpy ride.
- A five-mile bike ride? That's kids' stuff.
- It's a 20-minute bus ride.
- I gave her a piggyback ride.
- I gave her a ride when her car broke down.
Idioms
a rough rideidiom C2 一段困难时期
a difficult time
Government plans to cut sick pay had a rough ride in the House of Commons. 政府削减病假工资的计划受到了下议院的阻挠。
The construction industry is in for a rough ride this year. 建筑业今年困难重重。
take someone for a rideidiom informal 欺骗（某人）;愚弄（某人）
to deceive or cheat someone
I think we've been taken for a ride. 我想我们被人骗了。