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词汇 ramble
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Definition of ramble in English:

ramble

verb ˈramb(ə)lˈræmbəl
[no object]
  • 1Walk for pleasure in the countryside.

    (在乡间)闲逛,漫游;漫步

    I spent most of my spare time rambling and climbing
    with object as a boy I rambled the fells around Dent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Outside Stromness I walked the marshes where as a boy John Rae rambled with a musket on his shoulder, and in Kirkwall I visited the explorer's memorial in St Magnus Cathedral, and his grave site behind that edifice.
    • A man with a great fondness for the outdoor life, he loved to ramble in the countryside and experience the peace and quiet of the land.
    • ‘At the same time it is creating a right to roam, giving walkers carte blanche to ramble in the countryside,’ he said.
    • Surely we should be able to walk our dogs or simply ramble along in safety and in peace to enjoy the views and healthy exercise?
    • His home life was happy; like so many geologists, young Adam spent time rambling through the countryside, looking at and collecting rocks and fossils.
    • Please note that you cannot drive around Loch Katrine, but if you fancy a long country stroll, you can ramble right round the perimeter, and I doubt if there is a lovelier walk anywhere in Britain.
    • He was cut out neither for religion nor for the dry minutiae of algebra and he idled away his days in long country rambles around Oxford, collecting curiosities for his own natural history collection.
    • All your outdoor pursuits are catered for - whether you're rambling in the Republic or sauntering in the Six Counties.
    • When I was at school, we went rambling in the Kent countryside as part of our activities week, something we did before we broke up for our summer holidays.
    Synonyms
    walk, take a walk, go for a walk, hike, tramp, backpack, trek
    wander, stroll, saunter, amble, drift, roam, range, rove, traipse, jaunt
    Scottish &amp Irish stravaig
    informal mosey, tootle
    British informal pootle
    rare vagabond, perambulate, peregrinate
  • 2Talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.

    漫谈,聊天;信笔写

    Willy rambled on about Norman archways

    威利漫无边际地大谈诺曼式拱道。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He was whining and rambling about the shortage of coal imports in his country.
    • As we walked, the gunman rambled about his hatred of doctors.
    • I know I've rambled on a bit, but it's to illustrate a point.
    • I have rambled on enough and so will end this chapter of our correspondence here.
    • And she only rambled on about how it was hard for me at home and if I ever needed anyone to talk to, her door is always open.
    • He rambled on rather inconsequentially for some time.
    • Trisha looked out the window, ignoring the boys rambling about old fights and stupid bets.
    • He rambled on about fringe issues such as pensions and fuel tax but, amateurishly, did not mention the food and gardening TV debate.
    • He looked a lot more rested last night and while he rambled on a bit, he didn't stutter as much as I thought he would.
    • Last week I rambled on about tenuous arts performances in the High Street, but this week it got worse.
    • I went out and introduced myself, and they rambled on about their headaches, their vomiting, their diarrhea.
    • I've rambled on for quite a bit, and, as is typical, I haven't managed to get to the point yet.
    • Yesterday I rambled on at far too great a length about elections.
    • And I've rambled on far too much, but only because I warmed to the subject as I was writing about it.
    • Eventually, she rambled on to discover it was still their error, and I owe them much less money than they try to steal from me every month.
    • Prodded to explain, she rambled on about balloons.
    • I rambled on about Grandma and my family for the first pint and then we talked about other stuff for the second pint.
    • Oh dear, I think I've rambled on for far too long.
    • Readers may remember the little eye problem I glibly referred to a few weeks ago when I rambled on about hypochondria.
    • He listened while I rambled on with my sales talk.
    Synonyms
    chatter, babble, prattle, prate, blather, blether, gabble, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, rattle on/away, blither, maunder, drivel
    informal jaw, gas, gab, yak, yackety-yak, yabber, yatter, shoot one's mouth off
    British informal witter, rabbit, chunter, natter, waffle
    North American informal run off at the mouth
    Australian/New Zealand informal mag
    archaic twaddle, clack, twattle
  • 3(of a plant) put out long shoots and grow over walls or other plants.

    (植物)蔓生,蔓延

    roses climbed, rambled, hung over walls
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Patterns of olive leaves, golden scallop shells, and intricate pastel designs ramble over the walls.
    • Their lily-pad leaves and bright orange, yellow, or red flowers ramble over picket fences and along the ground.
    • Whether they twine, cling, or ramble, climbing plants enhance good architecture and camouflage the not-so-good.
    • Climbing types reach 6 feet tall and can gracefully twine up fences and arbors, or ramble over the ground.
noun ˈramb(ə)lˈræmbəl
  • A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

    (乡间的)闲逛,漫游;漫步

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Based at 18 excellent country houses, they have a wide choice of walks from gentle rambles to adventure treks.
    • Other walks will also include rural rambles, a walk around the town centre, short strolls, hard moorland walks and family walks.
    • After the country ramble, it's time to return to the urban reality of the studio proper overlooking the Brixton Road.
    • In 1836 naturalist Charles Darwin says, ‘I so much enjoyed my rambles among the roads and mountains of St. Helena.’
    • He was an accomplished card player and loved to meet the locals in Garrafrauns, Brickens, Cloonfad, Irishtown or wherever his rambles would take him.
    • He goes for long, sensuous rambles into the woods, often while remembering his childhood friend Lumley.
    • He enjoyed his regular rambles to the pubs in the village where he was always made very welcome.
    • Found mainly in country pubs, it provides sustenance after a good ramble through the fields.
    • After a four-hour ramble on foot through deep gorges, past monasteries, and up steep, forested hillsides, we arrive in Chhulemu, Babu's home village.
    • This year, as well as the regular walks, it is also planned to introduce a countryside ramble which is aimed at anyone interested in a leisurely Sunday afternoon walk with a focus on the local environment.
    • Interspersed among the chapters describing these rambles are excursions into the history of the waterfront's architecture, geology, literature and development.
    • The Macduff Circle at Edinburgh's Dean Gallery is one of several sculptures by Bristol-born Long dedicated to his Scottish rambles.
    • Annabelle is encouraging people to don their hiking boots and take a ramble through the countryside to find love.
    • The Slieve Bloom Rural Co-op Walking Club's weekly rambles have now begun.
    • There will also be plenty of guided walks ranging from gentle riverside rambles to more challenging hill walks.
    • She had been in the habit of taking long country rambles with Mr Dawson's children in her old days of dependence, and she thought very little of a distance of three miles.
    • Shipley still has the pale turquoise eyes and easy grin he had as a young man, and it sometimes startles him to realize that those backcountry rambles are a half-century in the past.
    • A ramble through Waterford's scenic countryside, mountains and coastline will never be the same again once you have read a new book about 15 of the county's great walks.
    • This is a ramble rather than a full-blown hill walk and should appeal to a wide number of people.
    • Although the walk can be generally classified as a ramble rather than a full-blown hill-walk, it is planned to go to Tully Summit.
    Synonyms
    walk, hike, trek
    wander, stroll, saunter, amble, roam, traipse, jaunt, promenade, trip, excursion, tour
    informal mosey, tootle
    British informal pootle
    rare perambulation, peregrination

Origin

Late Middle English (in sense 2 of the verb): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense 'wander about on heat', also to the noun ram.

Rhymes

amble, bramble, Campbell, gamble, gambol, scramble, shamble

Definition of ramble in US English:

ramble

verbˈrambəlˈræmbəl
[no object]
  • 1Walk for pleasure, typically without a definite route.

    (在乡间)闲逛,漫游;漫步

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Outside Stromness I walked the marshes where as a boy John Rae rambled with a musket on his shoulder, and in Kirkwall I visited the explorer's memorial in St Magnus Cathedral, and his grave site behind that edifice.
    • Please note that you cannot drive around Loch Katrine, but if you fancy a long country stroll, you can ramble right round the perimeter, and I doubt if there is a lovelier walk anywhere in Britain.
    • ‘At the same time it is creating a right to roam, giving walkers carte blanche to ramble in the countryside,’ he said.
    • Surely we should be able to walk our dogs or simply ramble along in safety and in peace to enjoy the views and healthy exercise?
    • All your outdoor pursuits are catered for - whether you're rambling in the Republic or sauntering in the Six Counties.
    • A man with a great fondness for the outdoor life, he loved to ramble in the countryside and experience the peace and quiet of the land.
    • When I was at school, we went rambling in the Kent countryside as part of our activities week, something we did before we broke up for our summer holidays.
    • He was cut out neither for religion nor for the dry minutiae of algebra and he idled away his days in long country rambles around Oxford, collecting curiosities for his own natural history collection.
    • His home life was happy; like so many geologists, young Adam spent time rambling through the countryside, looking at and collecting rocks and fossils.
    Synonyms
    walk, take a walk, go for a walk, hike, tramp, backpack, trek
  • 2Talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way.

    漫谈,聊天;信笔写

    he rambled on about his acting career
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I went out and introduced myself, and they rambled on about their headaches, their vomiting, their diarrhea.
    • He rambled on rather inconsequentially for some time.
    • As we walked, the gunman rambled about his hatred of doctors.
    • Yesterday I rambled on at far too great a length about elections.
    • Readers may remember the little eye problem I glibly referred to a few weeks ago when I rambled on about hypochondria.
    • Last week I rambled on about tenuous arts performances in the High Street, but this week it got worse.
    • And she only rambled on about how it was hard for me at home and if I ever needed anyone to talk to, her door is always open.
    • Eventually, she rambled on to discover it was still their error, and I owe them much less money than they try to steal from me every month.
    • He looked a lot more rested last night and while he rambled on a bit, he didn't stutter as much as I thought he would.
    • He was whining and rambling about the shortage of coal imports in his country.
    • I've rambled on for quite a bit, and, as is typical, I haven't managed to get to the point yet.
    • Trisha looked out the window, ignoring the boys rambling about old fights and stupid bets.
    • Oh dear, I think I've rambled on for far too long.
    • I know I've rambled on a bit, but it's to illustrate a point.
    • Prodded to explain, she rambled on about balloons.
    • I rambled on about Grandma and my family for the first pint and then we talked about other stuff for the second pint.
    • And I've rambled on far too much, but only because I warmed to the subject as I was writing about it.
    • He listened while I rambled on with my sales talk.
    • I have rambled on enough and so will end this chapter of our correspondence here.
    • He rambled on about fringe issues such as pensions and fuel tax but, amateurishly, did not mention the food and gardening TV debate.
    Synonyms
    chatter, babble, prattle, prate, blather, blether, gabble, jabber, twitter, go on, run on, rattle away, rattle on, blither, maunder, drivel
  • 3(of a plant) put out long shoots and grow over walls or other plants.

    (植物)蔓生,蔓延

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Their lily-pad leaves and bright orange, yellow, or red flowers ramble over picket fences and along the ground.
    • Climbing types reach 6 feet tall and can gracefully twine up fences and arbors, or ramble over the ground.
    • Patterns of olive leaves, golden scallop shells, and intricate pastel designs ramble over the walls.
    • Whether they twine, cling, or ramble, climbing plants enhance good architecture and camouflage the not-so-good.
nounˈrambəlˈræmbəl
  • A walk taken for pleasure in the countryside.

    (乡间的)闲逛,漫游;漫步

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Although the walk can be generally classified as a ramble rather than a full-blown hill-walk, it is planned to go to Tully Summit.
    • Other walks will also include rural rambles, a walk around the town centre, short strolls, hard moorland walks and family walks.
    • There will also be plenty of guided walks ranging from gentle riverside rambles to more challenging hill walks.
    • The Macduff Circle at Edinburgh's Dean Gallery is one of several sculptures by Bristol-born Long dedicated to his Scottish rambles.
    • This is a ramble rather than a full-blown hill walk and should appeal to a wide number of people.
    • He goes for long, sensuous rambles into the woods, often while remembering his childhood friend Lumley.
    • A ramble through Waterford's scenic countryside, mountains and coastline will never be the same again once you have read a new book about 15 of the county's great walks.
    • He was an accomplished card player and loved to meet the locals in Garrafrauns, Brickens, Cloonfad, Irishtown or wherever his rambles would take him.
    • After a four-hour ramble on foot through deep gorges, past monasteries, and up steep, forested hillsides, we arrive in Chhulemu, Babu's home village.
    • Found mainly in country pubs, it provides sustenance after a good ramble through the fields.
    • Annabelle is encouraging people to don their hiking boots and take a ramble through the countryside to find love.
    • After the country ramble, it's time to return to the urban reality of the studio proper overlooking the Brixton Road.
    • In 1836 naturalist Charles Darwin says, ‘I so much enjoyed my rambles among the roads and mountains of St. Helena.’
    • The Slieve Bloom Rural Co-op Walking Club's weekly rambles have now begun.
    • Shipley still has the pale turquoise eyes and easy grin he had as a young man, and it sometimes startles him to realize that those backcountry rambles are a half-century in the past.
    • She had been in the habit of taking long country rambles with Mr Dawson's children in her old days of dependence, and she thought very little of a distance of three miles.
    • This year, as well as the regular walks, it is also planned to introduce a countryside ramble which is aimed at anyone interested in a leisurely Sunday afternoon walk with a focus on the local environment.
    • Based at 18 excellent country houses, they have a wide choice of walks from gentle rambles to adventure treks.
    • Interspersed among the chapters describing these rambles are excursions into the history of the waterfront's architecture, geology, literature and development.
    • He enjoyed his regular rambles to the pubs in the village where he was always made very welcome.
    Synonyms
    walk, hike, trek

Origin

Late Middle English (in ramble (sense 2 of the verb)): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense ‘wander about on heat’, also to the noun ram.

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