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单词 nomadic
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Definition of nomadic in English:

nomadic

adjective nəʊˈmadɪk
  • Living the life of a nomad; wandering.

    nomadic herdsmen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The people of the period were nomadic hunter-gatherers which means that they have left little trace for the modern archaeologist.
    • It is a land of endless bush, villages, nomadic cattle herdsmen and subsistence farmers.
    • While most of the Bedouin tribesman of the Wadi Rum area have now given up a nomadic lifestyle, camels are still valuable currency in a country not enriched by oil.
    • The nomadic life as led by a Bedouin in the desert may have some romantic appeal, but I can't see what is attractive about it here.
    • In 1911-14 he led a nomadic life, sometimes living in a caravan and camping with gypsies.
    • In ancient times, the people of Asir were able to take advantage of the damp climate and abandoned the nomadic way of life essential for survival in the rest of Arabia.
    • Artefacts include Roman pottery, bones and flints which show the town was the site of a camp used by nomadic hunters nearly 7,000 years ago.
    • A hybrid accent bears testament to her nomadic youth - her father, a jazz musician, kept the family on the move around England.
    • Such is the nomadic existence of the international press corps.
    • What many do not realise is that Niger is a country three times the size of France and that 85% of the people are nomadic.
    • UN workers are a strange breed who lead a bizarre, nomadic existence.
    • Inevitably, her nomadic existence affected her love life.
    • The travellers had huge rows about using the internet before grudgingly accepting that email made their nomadic lives much easier.
    • They led a nomadic life, moving to wherever they could find adequate grazing around the southern edge of the Air Mountains.
    • This remote and arid steppe, across which Ghengis Khan marched his vast army, was once the haunt of nomadic farmers.
    • The sheer simplicity of camping in wild places has been a way of life for nomadic tribes for thousands of years.
    • The court ruling means other gipsies may also argue that their nomadic lifestyles have been restricted in future planning cases.
    • These nomadic people wander freely covering vast distances, oblivious to national borders.
    • She had a nomadic upbringing courtesy of her father, a Mexican writer, and her mother, an American photographer.
    • Milk from camels, goats, and cows is a major food for Somali herdsmen and nomadic families.
    Synonyms
    travelling, rambling, roaming, roving, journeying, drifting, itinerant, floating, wayfaring, voyaging, touring

Derivatives

  • nomadically

  • adverb nəʊˈmadɪk(ə)linoʊˈmædək(ə)li
    • As France's Public Enemy Number One grows in notoriety, he drives nomadically back and forth between the Mediterranean coast and a French seaside town, where a besotted 16-year-old girlfriend sits idly and waits for him.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Instead he slipped into the role of international playboy and jet-setter; he never established roots, but moved nomadically from one film set to another.

Rhymes

Chadic, Cycladic, Helladic, maenadic, sporadic, triadic
 
 

Definition of nomadic in US English:

nomadic

adjectivenōˈmadik
  • Living the life of a nomad; wandering.

    nomadic herdsmen
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The travellers had huge rows about using the internet before grudgingly accepting that email made their nomadic lives much easier.
    • The court ruling means other gipsies may also argue that their nomadic lifestyles have been restricted in future planning cases.
    • They led a nomadic life, moving to wherever they could find adequate grazing around the southern edge of the Air Mountains.
    • The people of the period were nomadic hunter-gatherers which means that they have left little trace for the modern archaeologist.
    • While most of the Bedouin tribesman of the Wadi Rum area have now given up a nomadic lifestyle, camels are still valuable currency in a country not enriched by oil.
    • Artefacts include Roman pottery, bones and flints which show the town was the site of a camp used by nomadic hunters nearly 7,000 years ago.
    • The nomadic life as led by a Bedouin in the desert may have some romantic appeal, but I can't see what is attractive about it here.
    • Such is the nomadic existence of the international press corps.
    • These nomadic people wander freely covering vast distances, oblivious to national borders.
    • In 1911-14 he led a nomadic life, sometimes living in a caravan and camping with gypsies.
    • A hybrid accent bears testament to her nomadic youth - her father, a jazz musician, kept the family on the move around England.
    • UN workers are a strange breed who lead a bizarre, nomadic existence.
    • This remote and arid steppe, across which Ghengis Khan marched his vast army, was once the haunt of nomadic farmers.
    • It is a land of endless bush, villages, nomadic cattle herdsmen and subsistence farmers.
    • What many do not realise is that Niger is a country three times the size of France and that 85% of the people are nomadic.
    • In ancient times, the people of Asir were able to take advantage of the damp climate and abandoned the nomadic way of life essential for survival in the rest of Arabia.
    • Milk from camels, goats, and cows is a major food for Somali herdsmen and nomadic families.
    • She had a nomadic upbringing courtesy of her father, a Mexican writer, and her mother, an American photographer.
    • Inevitably, her nomadic existence affected her love life.
    • The sheer simplicity of camping in wild places has been a way of life for nomadic tribes for thousands of years.
    Synonyms
    travelling, rambling, roaming, roving, journeying, drifting, itinerant, floating, wayfaring, voyaging, touring
 
 
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