itinerant
adjective[before noun]
uk/aɪˈtɪn.ər.ənt/us/aɪˈtɪn.ɚ.ənt/travellingfrom oneplaceto another, usually toworkfor ashortperiod:
（工作）巡回的，流动的an itinerantjournalist/labourer/preacher巡回记者／流动劳工／巡回传道者
- Thepreacherhad asmallflockof itinerantoilworkers.
- Thefarmersrely on itinerantlabour.
- For atime, mysisterwas an itinerantchurchsinger.
- Many fruitpickers were itinerant,followingtheseasonsfromfarmtofarm.
- This is anindicationof how itinerant the USworkforcehasbecome.
Travellers & visitors
- bird of passage
- caravan
- carpool
- daily passenger
- day-tripper
- drifter
- emmet
- flashpacker
- globetrotter
- guest of honour
- passenger
- pioneer
- sightseer
- stayer
- super-commuter
- swagman
- tourist office
- touristic
- tripper
- wanderer
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itinerant
noun[C]
uk/aɪˈtɪn.ər.ənt/us/aɪˈtɪn.ɚ.ənt/apersonwhotravelsfrom oneplaceto another, usually toworkfor ashortperiod:
Itinerantsworkedin thesaltmarshesandshrimpfarms.
Helivedas an itinerant,earningorbegginghisbreadas he went.
- She was an itinerant who had beenridingtherails.
- For much of hislifehe has been an itinerant,workingblue-collarjobsatwarehousesandgarages.
- They are itinerants,tinkersandtraders.
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- moonlight
- skivvy
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- sweat