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单词 gallivant
释义 gal·li·vant
intransitive verb
also gal·a·vant or gal·la·vant \ˈgaləˌvant, -vaa(ə)nt sometimes ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: perhaps alteration of gallant (III)
1. : to act as a gallant : attend gallantly or amorously upon a member of the opposite sex : go about usually ostentatiously or indiscreetly with members of the opposite sex
 < left his wife to go gallivanting with other women >
2.
 a. : to travel or roam for mere pleasure
  < gallivanted around Europe — Louis Auchincloss >
 b. : move, go, travel
  < the porters … gallivanted along like a cheerful bunch of boys — Edmund Hillary >
  < the flames gallivanting up the chimney — Helen Shaw >
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