為了省錢,有些人甘于做一個“蹭客”:蹭飯、蹭車,甚至蹭網(wǎng)。相對于蹭飯和蹭車,蹭網(wǎng)要隱秘得多,所以蹭網(wǎng)一族大有人在。這種走到哪蹭到哪的蹭網(wǎng)族也被稱為internet hobo(網(wǎng)絡游民)。Internet hobo refers to someone who is using their neighbors/hotel across the roads wi fi internet.“網(wǎng)絡游民”指那些用鄰居或馬路對面飯店的無線網(wǎng)絡上網(wǎng)的人。
Example: My friend just bought a new high power wi fi card so he can connect to the neighbors wi fi and is now an offical internet hobo. 我朋友剛買了一個新的高功率無線上網(wǎng)卡,為的是可以連接上鄰居的無線網(wǎng)絡,現(xiàn)在他也是個不折不扣的“網(wǎng)絡游民”了。