amble

n. 马的缓行步态, 缓行漫步 vi. 马缓行, 从容漫步

发音

US /ˈæm.bəl/

词形变化

ambles 复数 ambles ambled ambles 三单 ambling ambling 现在分词 ambled 过去式 ambled 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.

    slow amble

    casual amble

  2. 2.

    An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

  3. 3.

    That which follows the preamble, by analogy.

    计算机 工程 数学
v.
  1. 1.

    To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.

    不及物

    amble through the park

    slow amble

    They decided to amble along the beach at sunset.

    Tourists ambled through the narrow streets of the old town.

  2. 2.

    Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 4

stroll promenade saunter perambulation

上位词 1

walk

下位词 3

ramble walkabout meander
动词

同义词 1

mosey

上位词 1

walk

词源

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambulō (“to walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

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