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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ramble \Ram"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rambling}.] [For rammle, fr. Prov. E. rame to roam. Cf.
{Roam}.]
1. To walk, ride, or sail, from place to place, without any
determinate object in view; to roam carelessly or
irregularly; to rove; to wander; as, to ramble about the
city; to ramble over the world.
He that is at liberty to ramble in perfect darkness,
what is his liberty better than if driven up and
down as a bubble by the wind? --Locke.
2. To talk or write in a discursive, aimless way.
3. To extend or grow at random. --Thomson.
Syn: To rove; roam; wander; range; stroll.
Ramble \Ram"ble\, n.
1. A going or moving from place to place without any
determinate business or object; an excursion or stroll
merely for recreation.
Coming home, after a short Christians ramble.
--Swift.
2. [Cf. {Rammel}.] (Coal Mining) A bed of shale over the
seam. --Raymond.
资料来源 : WordNet®
ramble
n : a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) [syn: {amble},
{promenade}, {saunter}, {stroll}, {perambulation}]
ramble
v 1: continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; "This
novel rambles on and jogs" [syn: {ramble on}, {jog}]
2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from
one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"
[syn: {roll}, {wander}, {swan}, {stray}, {tramp}, {roam},
{cast}, {rove}, {range}, {drift}, {vagabond}]