| 单词 | roam |
| 释义 | roam (once / 602 pages) v When you wander without a plan or a specific destination, you roam. Your cat may stay close to your house when you let her outside, or she may roam around the neighborhood all day. Dogs and kids on bikes tend to roam in packs, looking for food or fun, while a tiger in the zoo roams aimlessly around his enclosure. Book characters' eyes sometimes roam, too, or glance over a scene without stopping: "Her eyes roam across the group, but there are no familiar faces." Experts have tried connecting roam to "pilgrimages to Rome," but there seems to be no relation between roam and Rome. WORD FAMILYroam: roamed, roamer, roaming, roams+/roamer: roamers USAGE EXAMPLESEven better, Project Fi offers unlimited messaging and no roaming data charges in over 135 countries. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Its former customers now roam the aisles of Walmart and Target, or fill their carts virtually. Washington Post(Dec 28, 2016) There was no place like home for Jeff Carter and the Kings to roam free. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) v move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment The gypsies roamed the woods The cattle roam across the prairie Syn|Hypo|Hyper cast, drift, ramble, range, roll, rove, stray, swan, tramp, vagabond, wander drift, err, stray wander from a direct course or at random wandergo via an indirect route or at no set pace maunder wander aimlessly gad, gallivant, jazz aroundwander aimlessly in search of pleasure go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically |
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