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小词详解 | roam
roam 英 [rəʊm] 美 [roʊm]
Throngs of young people roam around the makeshift booths in an exhibition hall in northern Beijing.
北京北部的一个展厅里,大批年轻人在一个个临时搭起的展位间来回走动。
——《经济学人》Savanna elephants, whose ears are more triangular and whose tusks are thick and curved, roam throughout the open, bushy terrain of other parts of the vast continent, from East Africa down to the south, where they’re most abundant.
草原象的耳朵更呈三角形,其象牙又粗又弯,它们在这片广袤大陆其他地区中的灌木丛生的开阔地带上漫游,从东非一直到南部非洲,这是它们数量最多的地方。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 漫无目的地或杂乱无章地四处走动或旅行,特别是在某个广阔的区域
这对情侣漫步于田野,完全忘记了时间。附近的牛群甩动着尾巴驱赶苍蝇。 The lovers roamed around the fields in complete forgetfulness of time. The cattle nearby were swinging their tails to disperse the flies.
那个疲惫不堪的旅人在城里四处寻觅,想找一家合适的旅馆。
The weary traveller roamed about the town trying to find a suitable hotel.
他聚精会神地上下打量她。
His gaze roamed over her.
Rejected suitors take to roaming as naturally as unhived bees; and the business to which he had cynically devoted himself was in many ways congenial to Venn.
求婚遭到拒绝的人,很自然地就像失去了蜂巢的蜜蜂,只得到处游荡;而维恩愤世嫉俗操起的这行当在许多方面都很适合他。
wander: walk or move in a leisurely, casual, or aimless way rove: travel constantly without a fixed destination; wander ramble: walk for pleasure, typically without a definite route