mosey

FREQ #35108

vi. 漫步, 徘徊, 离去

发音

US /ˈmoʊ.zi/

词形变化

moseyed moseying moseys 三单 moseys moseying 现在分词 moseyed 过去式 moseyed 过去分词

别名

mosy mozey mozy

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To set off, get going; to start a journey.

    美国 方言 不及物
  2. 2.

    To go off quickly: to hurry up.

    美国 方言 不及物
  3. 3.

    To amble; to walk or proceed in a leisurely manner.

    美国 方言 不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

amble

上位词 1

walk

词源

Unknown. Originally attested in Southern US dialects. Suggested origins include: * Spanish vamos (compare vamoose) * British dialectal mosey about (“walk around at leisurely pace”) * an Algonquian term for "walk" (compare Ojibwe bimose (“she or he walks along”)) * proper name Mosey, pet form of Moses, in reference to the biblical Exodus which he led

来源：wiktionary