| 单词 | to go a-walking |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go a-walking a. The action of moving or travelling at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn so that one of the feet is always on the ground; the action of taking exercise or recreation on foot; (also) a person's gait. Of a horse or other quadruped: the action of moving at a slow pace (as opposed to trotting, cantering, galloping, etc.). Also to go a-walking.Frequently the second element in compounds, as moonwalking, night walking, over-walking, power walking, spacewalking, streetwalking: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] gangeOE walkinga1325 ambulation1554 footing1567 sashaying1935 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] walkinga1325 spacingc1485 ambulation1554 footing1567 hoofing1652 Shanks' (or Shanks's) mare, ponya1774 pedestrianizing1799 pedestrianism1808 ankle express1887 a1325 (?c1300) Northern Passion (Cambr. Gg.1.1) l. 872 (MED) Heroud..yiede him ageine with walking. a1425 Rule St. Benet (Lansd.) (1902) 42 (MED) If I sulde make my herdis to labur to mikil in walkyng, þai sal alle die on one day. c1450 (a1449) Diatorie 18 in Babees Bk. 54 Cleer eir and walking makiþ good digestioun. 1561 J. Hollybush tr. H. Brunschwig Most Excellent Homish Apothecarye f. 40v Let him use moderate walkinge or stearing. 1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 188/1 Hypæthra ambulatio,..a walking in an open gallerie. 1615 J. Day Festivals 257 Walking is a Motion of the Body going forward from Place to Place, as when the two Disciples walked to Emaus. a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) i. iii. 126 There is no stirre, or walking in the streetes. View more context for this quotation 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd v. iii. Song xxi He's comely in his wauking. 1743 W. Stukeley Abury 57 The ancients conceiv'd it [sc. the motion of a serpent] to be like the walking of the gods. 1791 R. MacCulloch Lect. Prophecies Isaiah ix. 496 Walking is a continued motion, in which one step regularly follows another, until the ground intended is gone over. 1817 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. II. xxiii. 306 The mode of their walking depends upon the number and kind of their legs. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 195 As thou goest a walking. 1883 C. Howard Roads Eng. & Wales (ed. 3) 115 The surface is very rough and scarcely rideable and much walking will be necessary. 1938 E. Goudge Towers in Mist (1998) x. 225 They walked, or rather trotted, for walking was too staid a word to describe the motion given to their bodies by the lightness of their hearts. 1954 Ballet Ann. 8 65 The ballerina is able to assume..a manner of walking which is æsthetically satisfying. 1990 P. Bromley Countryside Managem. 94 Leisure travel is now as important a facet of countryside recreation as is walking or picnicking. 2004 R. Dawkins Ancestor's Tale (2005) 269 Their mutually imitated style of walking, a mixture of swagger and lumbering roll. < as lemmas |
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