单词 | ambulate |
释义 | ambulatev. Chiefly literary. Now somewhat archaic. intransitive. To move about or from place to place; to walk. Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase as complement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] stepOE bistepa1250 to set footc1300 treada1400–50 foota1425 trade1547 stride1596 ambulate1598 purmeinea1614 walka1628 conculcate1657 to tread the ground1691 toddle1819 sashay1878 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move without fixed course stragglea1425 ambulate1598 random?1602 stray1647 stimmer1808 knocka1825 moil1889 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] treadc897 stepc900 goeOE gangOE walka1375 wanderc1380 foota1425 to take to footc1440 awalkc1540 trade1547 beat it on the hoof1570 pad1610 to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616 trample1624 to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683 ambulate1724 shank1773 stump it1803 pedestrianize1811 pedestrianate1845 tramp it1862 ankle1916 1598 F. Rous Thule sig. O1v Thus they conioynd begin to ambulate. 1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate 67 I haue ambulated longst the street, And oft this Monster haue I chanc'd to meet. 1663 J. C. in F. B. Vercingetorixa sig. A2v I..now as wandring Knight am bound To ambulate the vast Globe round. 1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green II. 65 I haif ambulate on Parnasso the Mountain [1508 W. Dunbar I perambalit]. 1794 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 215 Burnett ambulated to Bristol with me. 1814 Ld. Byron Let. 9 Apr. (1975) IV. 92 Without once quitting the table, except to ambulate home. 1845 C. Hood Gonzalvo vii. 227 Frisking lambkins ambulate and play. 1900 J. M. Keynes in R. F. Harrod Life J. M. Keynes (1951) 26 We ambulated to Windsor. 1957 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 48 7 Males..ambulate significantly less than females. 1995 Frank 27 Sept. 5/3 Whilst ambulating down Riverside Drive last week, I came upon an astounding spectacle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1598 |
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