| 单词 | peregrination |
| 释义 | peregrination (once / 12709 pages) n If you went backpacking through Europe last summer, you could call your travels a peregrination. A peregrination is a long journey or period of wandering. Peregrination comes from the Latin peregrinari, which means “to travel abroad.” A peregrination is a journey or pilgrimage, especially one that's made on foot. This word typically applies to traveling for an extended period of time or over a great distance. So, you wouldn’t call a trip to the grocery store a peregrination. However, if you traveled the globe looking for the world’s best grocery store, you could call that a peregrination. WORD FAMILYperegrination: peregrinations+/peregrinate: peregrinated, peregrinates, peregrinating, peregrination USAGE EXAMPLESI fittingly ended my day of peregrinations with “Pilgrimage.” New York Times(Dec 23, 2016) In Virginia, it’s the absence of spoken words and smash cuts that elide otherwise dull peregrination. Time(Sep 29, 2016) We follow Bonnefoy on restless peregrinations in search of masterpieces, from the architecture of India to the Quattrocento paintings of Italy. The New Yorker(Jul 13, 2016) n traveling or wandering around Hyper travel, traveling, travelling the act of going from one place to another |
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