| 单词 | travel |
| 释义 | travel (trævəl ) Word forms: travels , travelling , travelled regional note: in AM, use traveling, traveled 1. verb A1 If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away. You had better travel to Helsinki tomorrow. [VERB preposition/adverb] Granny travelled down by train. [VERB preposition/adverb] I've been traveling all day. [VERB] Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here. [V amount/n] I had been travelling at 150 kilometres an hour. [VERB + at] He was a charming travelling companion. [VERB-ing] Synonyms: go, journey, proceed, make a journey travelling uncountable noun B1 I love travelling. Getting to and from school involves two hours' travelling a day. 2. uncountable noun B1 Travel is the activity of travelling. Information on travel in New Zealand is available at the hotel. He detested air travel. ...a writer of travel books. 3. verb B1 If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area. Dr Ryan travelled the world gathering material for his book. [VERB noun] He has had to travel the country in search of work. [VERB noun] 4. verb B1+ When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place. When sound travels through water, strange things can happen. [VERB preposition/adverb] Light travels at around 300,000,000 metres per second. [VERB + at] Synonyms: be transmitted, move, advance, proceed 5. verb B2 When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that it travels to them. News of his work traveled all the way to Asia. [VERB adverb/preposition] Seems like news travels pretty fast around here. [VERB adverb/preposition] 6. plural noun [with poss, usually poss NOUN] Someone's travels are the journeys that they make to places a long way from their home. He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad. Synonyms: journey, wandering, expedition, globetrotting 7. See also much-travelled, travelling, well-travelled 8. travel light phrase B2 If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage. 9. travel well phrase [VERB inflects] If goods such as food products travel well, they can be transported a long way without being damaged or their quality being spoiled. Ripe fruit does not travel well, but unripe fruit can be transported worldwide. 10. travel well phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that an idea, a method, or a style travels well, you mean that it can be appreciated or used by people in several different countries, and not just in the country where it began. That brand of humour generally travels well. Quotations: I'll put a girdle round the earth In forty minutesA Midsummer Night's Dream I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it Travel, at its best, is a process of continually conquering disbeliefPole to Pole Travel is glamorous only in retrospect They change their clime, but not their minds, who rush across the seaEpistles Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for deathJournal A man who has not seen Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see. The grand object of travelling is to see the shores of the Mediterranean For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to moveTravels with a Donkey Airplane travel is nature's way of making you look like your passport photo Travel broadens the mind Collocations: ship travels In the main the sandal enthusiasts seem to think that reducing the speed at which a ship travels will help most of all, and that may be true. Times, Sunday Times Luckily this 'punishment' comes with a reassuring safety harness - essential if you are dangling over the edge while the ship travels at up to 22.5 knots. The Sun If a ship travels off the beacon network, it will become lost in hyperspace. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ship travels across the world and sometimes goes into space. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The ship travels in interstellar space with the passengers in stasis. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 An event or travel plan that has been on your mind for up to a year starts to come good when someone unexpected steps in. The Sun A travel plan involving a family reunion looks good. The Sun A dream travel plan could start to turn real. The Sun A travel plan involving relatives in several countries can happen. The Sun An adventurous travel plan could deepen a relationship, so give it some thought. The Sun In his most ambitious study he travelled the world taking pictures of clouds using colour photography, a new technology at that time. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I became a mountain bike rider, serial holiday-maker, gardener and travelled the world watching football. The Sun (2007) For seven years, he travelled the world building computers and debugging systems. Times, Sunday Times (2012) Most global executives travel widely; they stay in a lot of hotels and pick up an understanding of different cultures. Times, Sunday Times While he would not design all of the products emblazoned with his name, he was willing to travel widely to promote them. Times, Sunday Times Experts said that if the couple wanted to travel widely the costs could be up to £5 million a year. Times,Sunday Times Spend at least one holiday there, and travel widely, before you buy. Times, Sunday Times But he continued to travel widely, visiting friends and contacts throughout the world where he was welcomed as a superb and very funny raconteur. Times, Sunday Times Then there are practical panel discussions on travelling solo, breaking into travel writing and photography, and taking an 'adult gap year'. Times, Sunday Times This year's shortlist for the 1,000 prize shows just how strong and varied travel writing can be. Times, Sunday Times It all sounds heavenly, but travel writing can be a tough job. Times, Sunday Times I began to do freelance travel writing and, enthused with energy, saved and saved. Times, Sunday Times A new generation of travel writing has expanded the art to incorporate biography, history, anthropology and even fiction. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 旅行, 旅行 Japanese: 旅行, 移動する |
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