perambulate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To walk about, roam or stroll; to ambulate. intransitive
    — Take, for instance, one of the most wretched classes of the community, the poor fellows who perambulate the streets as Sandwich Men. These are farmed out by certain firms.
  2. To inspect (an area) on foot. transitive
    — The officials, in their gowns of grey, with a white St. Andrew’s cross on back and breast, and a white cloth carried before them on a staff, perambulated the city, adding the terror of man’s justice to the fear of God’s visitation.

词形变化

perambulates present,singular,third-person perambulating participle,present perambulated participle,past perambulated past

词汇关系

衍生词
absquatulate perambulation perambulator
相关词
amble

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-der.
Proto-Italic *peri-
Latin per-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder.
Proto-Italic *amβi
Latin ambi-
Proto-Indo-European *h₂elh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *alō
Latin *alō
Latin ambulō
Latin perambulō
Latin perambulātusbor.
English perambulate
Borrowed from Latin perambulō, perambulātus. Equivalent to per- + ambulate.
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