Trek



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.长途跋涉
• ［英］ v.长途跋涉 ( to make one's way arduously)
• ［例］ We trekked for five days along the banks of the Yellow River.

Webster Collegiate

kI. intransitive verb (trekked; trekking)

• Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch trecken to pull, haul, migrate; akin to Old High German trechan to pull
• Date: 1821
• 1. chiefly South African
  • a. to travel by ox wagon
  • b. to migrate by ox wagon or in a train of such
• 2. to make one's way arduously; broadly journey
• ? trekker noun

II. noun

• Etymology: Afrikaans, from Dutch treck pull, haul, from trecken
• Date: 1849
• 1. chiefly South African a journey by ox wagon; especially an organized migration by a group of settlers
• 2. a trip or movement especially when involving difficulties or complex organization ; an arduous journey

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