Tramp



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• v.重步走, 长途跋涉
• ［英］ v.重步走, 长途跋涉 ( to walk, tread, or step heavily)
• ［例］ I have tramped all day. ( 我长途跋涉了一整天)

Webster Collegiate

I. verb

• Etymology: Middle English; akin to Middle Low German trampen to stamp
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to walk, tread, or step especially heavily <tramped loudly on the stairs>
  • 2.
    • a. to travel about on foot ; hike
    • b. to journey as a tramp
• transitive verb
  • 1. to tread on forcibly and repeatedly
  • 2. to travel or wander through or over on foot <have tramped all the woods on their property>
• ? tramper noun

II. noun

• Date: 1790
• 1.
  • a. vagrant 1a
  • b. a foot traveler
  • c. a woman of loose morals; specifically prostitute
• 2. a walking trip ; hike
• 3. the succession of sounds made by the beating of feet on a surface (as a road, pavement, or floor)
• 4. an iron plate to protect the sole of a shoe
• 5. a ship not making regular trips but taking cargo when and where it offers and to any port — called also tramp steamer
• ? trampy adjective

III. adjective

• Date: 1873
• having no fixed abode, connection, or destination <a tramp dog>

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