Excursion



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• n. 短途旅游
• ［英］ n. 短途旅游 ( short journey, as for pleasure; jaunt)
• ［记］ ex+curs ( 跑) +ion -> 跑出去 -> 旅行
• ［同］ 同根词: incursion ( 闯入) ; cursive ( 草书的) "

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Latin excursion-, excursio, from excurrere
• Date: circa 1587
• 1.
  • a. a going out or forth ; expedition
  • b.
    • (1) a usually brief pleasure trip
    • (2) a trip at special reduced rates
• 2. deviation from a direct, definite, or proper course; especially digression <needless excursions into abstruse theory>
• 3. a movement outward and back or from a mean position or axis; also the distance traversed ; amplitude <the excursion of a piston>

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