英语词汇“to gad about”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

intransitive. To go about from place to place, esp. aimlessly or idly; (now esp.) to go travelling or go to many social events for pleasure.

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1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. cxlvi^v & likewise of all wandryng & curious or new fangle discourses & rennynges & gaddyng aboute to se newes.

a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) iv. 239 Why doe they not rather quietly sit still in their seates,..than to gadde about from place to place.

1663 E. Lane Look unto Jesus 332 Have not we also grown wanton with our wealth, gadding about after vanities that cannot profit us?

1709 Female Tatler No. 4. ⁋1 'Tis very irreputable for a young Woman to gad about to Mens Lodgings.

1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Gallant, women, who gad about idly, and with the appearance of lightness, in the company of men.

1855 Times 16 Nov. 8/2 At every village there is a small guest-house appropriated exclusively to the reception of travellers, for the Circassians are always gadding about.

1975 T. Hughes Let. 3 Apr. (2009) 365 I bought a farm..and so far as I can judge it has helped my writing—mainly by making it impossible for me to gad about.

2017 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 May (News section) 23 Instead of armchairs and meat loaf on Tuesdays, they're gadding about on walking holidays in Croatia.

单词	to gad about
释义	> as lemmas to gad about to gad about intransitive. To go about from place to place, esp. aimlessly or idly; (now esp.) to go travelling or go to many social events for pleasure. ΚΠ 1532 R. Whitford Pype or Tonne f. cxlvi^v & likewise of all wandryng & curious or new fangle discourses & rennynges & gaddyng aboute to se newes. a1556 T. Cranmer Aunswere vnto Craftie & Sophisticall Cauillation (1580) iv. 239 Why doe they not rather quietly sit still in their seates,..than to gadde about from place to place. 1663 E. Lane Look unto Jesus 332 Have not we also grown wanton with our wealth, gadding about after vanities that cannot profit us? 1709 Female Tatler No. 4. ⁋1 'Tis very irreputable for a young Woman to gad about to Mens Lodgings. 1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Gallant, women, who gad about idly, and with the appearance of lightness, in the company of men. 1855 Times 16 Nov. 8/2 At every village there is a small guest-house appropriated exclusively to the reception of travellers, for the Circassians are always gadding about. 1975 T. Hughes Let. 3 Apr. (2009) 365 I bought a farm..and so far as I can judge it has helped my writing—mainly by making it impossible for me to gad about. 2017 Courier Mail (Austral.) (Nexis) 14 May (News section) 23 Instead of armchairs and meat loaf on Tuesdays, they're gadding about on walking holidays in Croatia. extracted from gadv.¹ < as lemmas
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