roam英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

The act of roaming; a wander; a travel without aim or destination

— Glass in hand, he set off on a roam of the first floor.

动词 v.

To wander or travel freely and with no specific destination. intransitive

— Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
To range or wander over. transitive

— Gangs of thugs roamed the streets.
To use a network or service from different locations or devices. intransitive
To transmit (resources) between different locations or devices, to allow comparable usage from any of them. transitive

— At first, it seemed counterintuitive to me to roam settings between computers, but my problem at the time was that every example I was considering was a setting that only made sense for a single computer.

词形变化

roams present,singular,third-person roaming participle,present roamed participle,past roamed past roams plural

词汇关系

衍生词

freedom to roam free roam free-roaming nonroaming right to roam roamable roamer roaming eye roamingly roaming master unroaming

词源

词源 1

From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.

词源 2

From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.