Amble

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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. / v. 漫步, 缓行
• ［英］ n. / v. 漫步, 缓行 ( walk in a leisurely manner)
• ［记］ amble=ambul ( 走路)
• ［同］ 同根词: ambulance ( 救护车) ; preamble ( 前言, 序言) 近形词: ample ( 丰富的) ; ramble ( 漫步, 闲逛)

Webster Collegiate

I. intransitive verb (ambled; ambling)

• Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ambler, from Latin ambulare to walk, from ambi- + -ulare (verb base akin to Middle Welsh el he may go, Greek ēlythe he went) — more at elastic
• Date: 14th century
• to go at or as if at an amble ; saunter
• • ambler noun

II. noun

• Date: 14th century
• 1.
  • a. an easy gait of a horse in which the legs on the same side of the body move together
  • b. rack VII,b
• 2. an easy gait
• 3. a leisurely walk

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