amble
amble 英 [ˈæmbl] 美 [ˈæmbəl]
vi. （马）缓行；从容漫步 n. （马的）缓行步态；漫步
进行时:ambling 过去式:ambled 过去分词:ambled 第三人称单数:ambles 名词复数:ambles
- To amble is to take a leisurely, pleasurable walk. Care to amble down a pleasant country road instead of reading the rest of this word description? That would certainly be understandable.
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- vi. （马）缓行；从容漫步
- n. （马的）缓行步态；漫步
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1. 3 p.m. - While in downtown Cairo, amble through its 19th and early 20th century boulevards and buildings.
下午3点--在开罗市中心19世纪及20初期的林荫大道和建筑群中漫步。
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2. These traditions continue at the company where workers amble about the offices in jeans and casual shirts.
这些传统在公司得以延续，工作人员穿着牛仔裤和非正式的衬衣在公司漫步。
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3. At Nanjing University, for example, students amble past, their noses buried in books as they walk.
比如，南京大学的学生基础雄厚，在他们走路时也在埋头苦读。
- amble (n.) "an easy walking gait (of a horse), the gait of a horse when both legs on one side are in motion at the same time," from Old French, from ambler (see amble (v.)). Of persons from c. 1600.
- amble (v.) early 14c., from Old French ambler, of a horse or other quadruped, "go at a steady, easy pace" (12c.), from Latin ambulare "to walk, to go about, take a walk," perhaps a compound of ambi- "around" (from PIE root *ambhi- "around") and -ulare, from PIE root *el- "to go" (source also of Greek ale "wandering," alaomai "wander about;" Latvian aluot "go around or astray"). Until 1590s used only of horses or persons on horseback. Related: Ambled; ambling.
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