| 单词 | ambulate |
| 释义 | ambulate (once / 11464 pages) v To ambulate is simply to move, especially by walking. You might ambulate proudly down the halls of your high school, hoping everyone notices your new red cowboy boots. Use the verb ambulate when you need a technical or formal way to talk about someone moving by their own power. A hospital patient might be relieved to finally ambulate on her crutches after breaking her leg, and three-legged dogs usually manage to ambulate perfectly well without the missing limb. The Latin root of ambulate is ambulare, "to walk." WORD FAMILYambulate: ambulated, ambulates, ambulating, ambulation, circumambulate+/amble: ambled, ambler, ambles, ambling, ambulate, perambulate/ambler: amblers/ambulation: ambulations, ambulatory/ambulatory: ambulatories/circumambulate: circumambulated, circumambulates, circumambulating/perambulate: perambulated, perambulates, perambulating, perambulation/perambulation: perambulations USAGE EXAMPLES“She can ambulate better, she can recognize faces better, she can watch TV better and potentially read better,” Milner said. Washington Times(Apr 25, 2016) These include age-specific medical conditions such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathy, prior fall and the need to use an assistive device to ambulate. US News(Sep 17, 2015) En route, one of my heels broke off, requiring me to ambulate in a gait even less dignified than my trot: half tiptoeing, half limping. New York Times(Apr 15, 2015) v walk about; not be bedridden or incapable of walking Hyper walk use one's feet to advance; advance by steps |
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