单词 | traveling |
释义 | traveling (once / 449 pages) n If you're going from one place to another, you're traveling. People love to go traveling to see new places and experience different cultures. When people are traveling, they’re not just running around the block; they're on a journey. Traveling comes from the Old French word travil, meaning “suffering or painful effort” or “trouble” as in traveling a long distance in a covered wagon. But remember, that was back before airplanes, G.P.S. units, and suitcases with wheels. Any kind of traveling has a destination, whether you're headed to a resort or a business meeting in a different city. Lots of people enjoy traveling in the summer when there’s no school. Woohoo! WORD FAMILYtraveling: travelings+/travel: travelable, traveled, traveler, traveling, travelled, traveller, travelling, travels/traveled: untraveled/traveler: travelers/travelled: untravelled/traveller: travellers/travelling: travellings USAGE EXAMPLESA preliminary investigation shows two Fairfax men were traveling in a truck with a lowboy flatbed trailer attached. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) Christian Weiss, who supervises the coin and bank-note collection at the Swiss National Museum, said the Swiss favor cash even when traveling abroad. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) It’s been quite a day of traveling, and I’m in need of sustenance. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) n the act of going from one place to another Syn|Hypo|Hyper travel, travelling walk the act of walking somewhere circumnavigationtraveling around something (by ship or plane) peregrinationtraveling or wandering around traversal, traversetravel across roving, vagabondage, wanderingtravelling about without any clear destination wayfaringtraveling (especially on foot) crossingtraveling across drivingthe act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal horseback riding, ridingtravel by being carried on horseback air, air travel, aviationtravel via aircraft journey, journeyingthe act of traveling from one place to another leg, stagea section or portion of a journey or course stagingtravel by stagecoach on the road, on tourtravelling about junketingtaking an excursion for pleasure seafaring, water traveltravel by water commutation, commutingthe travel of a commuter amble, perambulation, promenade, saunter, strolla leisurely walk (usually in some public place) constitutionala regular walk taken as a form of exercise foottravel by walking hike, hiking, trampa long walk usually for exercise or pleasure last milethe last walk of a condemned person to the execution place moonwalkan exploratory walk by an astronaut on the surface of the moon perambulationa walk around a territory (a parish or manor or forest etc.) in order to officially assert and record its boundaries turntaking a short walk out and back walkaboutnomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine walk-throughthe act of walking in order to view something driftingaimless wandering from place to place ford, fordingthe act of crossing a stream or river by wading or in a car or on a horse traversal, traversetaking a zigzag path on skis motoringthe act of driving an automobile bronco bustingbreaking a bronco to saddle endurance ridingriding for long hours over long distances pack ridingriding with a pack trail ridingriding along a roughly blazed path flight, flyingan instance of traveling by air fare-stagea section along the route of a bus for which the fare is the same commutea regular journey of some distance to and from your place of work drive, ridea journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile) long haula journey over a long distance musha journey by dogsled odysseya long wandering and eventful journey tripa journey for some purpose (usually including the return) passage, transita journey usually by ship expeditiona journey organized for a particular purpose digression, excursionwandering from the main path of a journey schlep, shlepa tedious or difficult journey treka journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers) circuit, toura journey or route all the way around a particular place or area pilgrim's journey, pilgrimagea journey to a sacred place excursion, expedition, jaunt, junket, outing, pleasure trip, sashaya journey taken for pleasure voyagea journey to some distant place waya journey or passage ocean trip, voyagean act of traveling by water sailingriding in a sailboat boating, yachtingwater travel for pleasure motion, move, movement the act of changing location from one place to another |
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