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单词 ramble
释义 ram·ble
I. \ˈrambəl, -aam-\ verb
(rambled ; rambled ; rambling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; rambles)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of romble, from Middle English romblen, freq. of romen to roam — more at roam
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to move usually by walking from place to place without conscious aim or goal : stroll here and there : rove, wander
  < rambling till suppertime through the orderly avenues between the lines of English walnut trees — Jean Stafford >
  < to ramble through the country and to talk about books — J.P.Marquand >
 b. : to explore without any particular purpose
  < most students rambled around among a lot of different subjects — Sloan Wilson >
2. : to talk or write in a desultory fashion
 < this essay rambles a great deal, darting … from point to point — Saturday Review >
 < great temptation … to ramble on interminably in praise of the delights of sailing — E.J.Schoettle >
3.
 a. : to grow at random
  < roses that ramble over our summer house — Nora Waln >
 b. : to extend or stretch seemingly without design or plan
  < a little tame wood which rambled up from the village — Audrey Barker >
  < roads and drives ramble past great estates — American Guide Series: North Carolina >
transitive verb
: to wander over : roam
 < rambling the streets of London — Virginia Woolf >
 < rambling the woods with his father on quiet Sunday afternoons >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the act of rambling : a walk taken without a specific aim or goal : leisurely excursion for pleasure
 < in my rambles about the city — John Reed >
2. : an informal discursive piece of writing
 < cannot in this short ramble give a simple and sincere account of my own life — E.B.White >
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