| 单词 | peripatetic |
| 释义 | peripatetic (once / 12416 pages) 1adjn 2adj If you're reading this on a treadmill or while taking a walk, you may know about the peripatetic, or walking, philosopher Aristotle, who taught while strolling with his students. Or, maybe you just like being a peripatetic, a walking wanderer. Peri- is the Greek word for "around," and peripatetic is an adjective that describes someone who likes to walk or travel around. Peripatetic is also a noun for a person who travels from one place to another or moves around a lot. If you walk in a circle, you are peripatetic, or walking, but you aren’t a peripatetic, or wanderer, unless you actually go somewhere. WORD FAMILYperipatetic: peripatetically, peripateticism, peripatetics USAGE EXAMPLESAnd that’s thanks to the efforts of a peripatetic citizen-scientist named Russ George who tried to turn plankton blooms into gold. Slate(Nov 16, 2016) It’s a new, peripatetic phase in his life, which he feels blurs his art with politics to advocate against injustice. Wall Street Journal(Nov 03, 2016) He was a big, talented, peripatetic TV star, who, at times, was his own worst enemy, too often clashing with management. New York Times(Oct 23, 2016) 1 1adj traveling especially on foot peripatetic country preachers Syn wayfaring unsettled not settled or established 2n a person who walks from place to place 2Hyper footer, pedestrian, walker a person who travels by foot adj of or relating to Aristotle or his philosophy Syn Aristotelean, Aristotelian, Aristotelic Peripatetic (once / 39796 pages) n WORD FAMILY Peripatetic: Peripatetics USAGE EXAMPLESPeripatetic and reflective, bookish and quietly beguiling, the narrator of “Land of Love and Ruins” has clear antecedents in the W.G. Los Angeles Times(Oct 27, 2016) A version of this article appears in print on May 4, 2014, on page MB4 of the with the headline: The Peripatetic Physician. New York Times(May 02, 2014) Peripatetic tributaries lashed out of control across the landscape. New York Times(Jan 23, 2013) n a follower of Aristotle or an adherent of Aristotelianism Syn|Hyper Aristotelean, Aristotelian adherent, disciple someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another |
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