Definition of roam in English:

roam

verb rəʊmroʊm

1no object, with adverbial of direction Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.
（尤指在宽广的地带）随便走，漫步；漫游
tigers once roamed over most of Asia
老虎曾一度在亚洲大部分地区游荡。
Example sentencesExamples
- Previously, the only way to see where cattle roam was to have people watch them, which is expensive.
- Overall, the choreography is enhanced by images of animals roaming in the wild.
- So Wang Lung roams around the courts, staying away from Lotus who will be able to tell when a man is restless.
- Then the 11 sows and their litters can roam throughout each room.
- The film-making, which is claustrophobic and closely tied to the heat of the moment, puts us alongside him as he roams about his apartment and the reform school where he works.
- The chickens and turkeys also roam freely in the fields, eating bugs, grasses, and grains.
- Try tying clear fishing filament between a couple stakes at various heights where the deer are likely to roam.
- Not only do the GPS units track where the cattle roam, they also monitor head movements, thus indicating whether the cattle are eating, sleeping, or just walking.
- While she was roaming around the store with clothing in hand, her frustrated husband went to the center aisle and yelled, ‘Help!’
- In an outbreak, well over 100,000 of the flightless crickets roam across the land, devouring crops, grasses, and ornamentals as they go.
- Anywhere he roams, she is there, a reminder of the fragility of his heart and of his sham relationships.
- When it was purchased by a different zoo, it was to be placed in a natural environment where it could roam more freely.
- This is a site you could spend a week roaming around, finding information about nearly everything about architecture.
- It houses a remarkable collection of animals - most kept, as one might expect in such a civilized country, in large enclosures in which they can roam about with some semblance of freedom.
- I just can't have a stranger roaming around my property at night.
- He roamed, visiting South America, the Middle East, finally Africa in search of something.
- The Festival Committee, however, thought it necessary to underline the visitors' right to roam.
- Obliged to work for his living from the age of 8, Gorky roamed all over Russia.
- Throughout my childhood, the hills with the unique catsteps formations were simply a wonderful place to roam.
- He discovers a terrible secret that drives him back home, but with samurai and bandits roaming all over the country, will his return be too late?
Synonyms
stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, patrol, step out, wander, ramble, tread, prowl, footslog, promenade, traipse
1. 1.1with object Travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place)
  在…随便走，漫步于；漫游；在…来回走动
  gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed
  成群结队的青年在街上游荡，没有人反对。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Rich argues that Western grasslands need the presence of large ungulates, like the bison that once roamed the plains.
  Actively cultivating relationships, she freely roamed the village streets, visiting from house to house.
  A sightless masseur who roams 19th-century Japan fighting injustice, he is easy to love and hard to kill.
  Previously they roamed Britain in their hundreds of thousands.
  The young St. Louis artist often roams the aisles of building-supply centers in search of ideas.
  I roamed the woods and fields, absorbed in the sounds and sights of each season.
  Later that night, the boys see him roaming the old house as if in a trance.
  Frankie is the leader of a skinhead gang, roaming the streets, getting into bar fights and trashing the occasional record store.
  Charlie roams the streets at night and goes into movie theaters, craving human interaction.
  For three nights in a row, the ghost of King Hamlet has been witnessed roaming the grounds at midnight.
  Apart from roaming the jungles and photographing wildlife, fishing is the other great passion of the author.
  Dogs are present throughout the street series, roaming the streets and sniffing the gutters.
  The Delaware roamed the fields and woods of the Northeastern United States for many centuries before white Europeans came to the shores of the New World.
  At this National Natural Landmark, remains of mammoths that roamed North America 26,000 years ago are preserved.
  You will need to spend a couple of weeks roaming the labyrinth - but the rewards are likely to be quite high.
  Jones says growers ‘will roam their fields while on their cell phones to the commodity markets in Chicago,’ and attempt to bring home a financial windfall.
  His interests, however, were not confined to optical recording but also included his emotional reaction to roaming the streets at night.
  His tweed-clad, mainly male cast of characters roam the countryside and become embroiled in bizarre, nonsensical occurrences.
  Reporters roamed the district singly and in packs.
  ‘As a boy, I spent every moment I could roaming the oak-studded hills of Northern California where I was raised,’ he said.
  Synonyms
  wander, rove, ramble, meander, drift, maunder
  walk, traipse
  prowl
  range, travel, tramp, traverse, trek through
  Scottish &amp Irish stravaig
  Irish streel
  informal knock about/around, cruise, mosey, tootle
  British informal pootle, swan
  rare perambulate, peregrinate, circumambulate, vagabond
2. 1.2 (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping.
  （眼睛）扫视；（手）扫过
  her eyes roamed over the chattering women
  她的目光扫视着那些正在闲聊的女人。
  with object he let his eyes roam her face
  他的目光扫视着她的脸。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Gehry designed a visually active rather than passive interior: the lines of the balconies loop the hall so that the eye roams the space in continuous movement.
  My eyes roamed restlessly around the room looking for something to look at.
  Cathy couldn't help but allow her eyes to roam over his body.
  His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every latitude and longitude line in South Africa, and standing on that point, let his eye roam until it framed an image he wished to record on camera.
  She felt uncomfortable as he stared at her, his eyes roaming all over her body.
  Her eyes roamed around before landing on the face that looked more emotional than others.
  It was obvious from where he slouched at the bar and where his eyes roamed that he was a pepper man.
3. 1.3no object (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular.
  （思绪，想象力）遨游
  he let his mind roam as he walked
  散步的时候他任自己的思绪遨游。
  Example sentencesExamples
  One of the people who encouraged him to let his imagination roam was his friend, Pierre.
  Let your imagination roam freely over the facts you have collected.
  She taught me to let my imagination roam freely.
4. 1.4 Use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad.
  they now allow Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Alcatel switching solution enables service providers to extend customer roaming capabilities as they switch between cellular networks and WLAN access points.
  The slump in regional travel has also cut heavily into the lucrative GSM international roaming market.
  They're not asking for a reciprocal roaming agreement or anything that would let a potential competitor onto T-Mobile's network.
  These new roaming agreements for mobile phones provide for certain rate step-downs at defined intervals.
  The service node is also connected to a wireless roaming network using the IS - 41 signaling protocol.
  Mobile earth terminal communication device providing voice, data, facsimile, and/or roaming communication features.
  Could it be that they are hatching a major roaming deal with the telecommunications company?
  The phone's limited mobility features permit people to roam around town without losing their connection.
  When you do this you get free roaming access to the Internet.
  A roaming charge is when you make a call from outside of your calling area.
  In order for wireless to have a future where you could have Wi-Fi VPNs, roaming has to be a part of that.
  Useful for travellers allowing roaming on a greater number of networks across the world.
  Cingular customers roaming to Singapore pay $2 per minute to make a local call, while T-Mobile customers pay around $1.50.
  RCC also plans to overlay its Midwest region with CDMA technology providing for anticipated roaming traffic.
  This technology will enable portable IP phones for use on WLAN networks, allowing users to roam throughout an enterprise campus or home.
  However, not all new Wi-Fi solutions are designed to support voice or cellular to Wi-Fi roaming capabilities.
  North American operators charge the highest roaming prices in the world.
  The operator needs to expand its network by cutting a roaming deal with the company.
  Users of MCI cell phone plans often had problems with being charged for roaming or long distance, when they were not roaming or were dialing from a local area.
  By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam.

noun rəʊmroʊm

An aimless walk.
四处走动；漫步；漫游
did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?

Derivatives

roamer

noun ˈrəʊməˈroʊmər

Every day this spring, they will scour the seas for transient killer whales - roamers who prey in packs and count as the deadliest of their species.
Example sentencesExamples
- Though a roamer, he didn't put any moves on me that felt uncomfortable.
- Whilst his dad was also a midfielder roamer, all left foot and direct, Jason is a natural right-footer who has a go when the nets are within shooting distance.
- You are a roamer and need adventure, excitement, and freedom.
- They were uncentered roamers, like gypsies moving over a space incomprehensibly large to a European eye.

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

Rhymes

brome, chrome, comb, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, Rome, tome

Definition of roam in US English:

roam

verbroʊmrōm

1no object, with adverbial of direction Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area.
（尤指在宽广的地带）随便走，漫步；漫游
tigers once roamed over most of Asia
老虎曾一度在亚洲大部分地区游荡。
Example sentencesExamples
- Throughout my childhood, the hills with the unique catsteps formations were simply a wonderful place to roam.
- In an outbreak, well over 100,000 of the flightless crickets roam across the land, devouring crops, grasses, and ornamentals as they go.
- So Wang Lung roams around the courts, staying away from Lotus who will be able to tell when a man is restless.
- It houses a remarkable collection of animals - most kept, as one might expect in such a civilized country, in large enclosures in which they can roam about with some semblance of freedom.
- He roamed, visiting South America, the Middle East, finally Africa in search of something.
- Anywhere he roams, she is there, a reminder of the fragility of his heart and of his sham relationships.
- This is a site you could spend a week roaming around, finding information about nearly everything about architecture.
- Obliged to work for his living from the age of 8, Gorky roamed all over Russia.
- I just can't have a stranger roaming around my property at night.
- While she was roaming around the store with clothing in hand, her frustrated husband went to the center aisle and yelled, ‘Help!’
- He discovers a terrible secret that drives him back home, but with samurai and bandits roaming all over the country, will his return be too late?
- Overall, the choreography is enhanced by images of animals roaming in the wild.
- The film-making, which is claustrophobic and closely tied to the heat of the moment, puts us alongside him as he roams about his apartment and the reform school where he works.
- The Festival Committee, however, thought it necessary to underline the visitors' right to roam.
- Try tying clear fishing filament between a couple stakes at various heights where the deer are likely to roam.
- Not only do the GPS units track where the cattle roam, they also monitor head movements, thus indicating whether the cattle are eating, sleeping, or just walking.
- When it was purchased by a different zoo, it was to be placed in a natural environment where it could roam more freely.
- Previously, the only way to see where cattle roam was to have people watch them, which is expensive.
- The chickens and turkeys also roam freely in the fields, eating bugs, grasses, and grains.
- Then the 11 sows and their litters can roam throughout each room.
Synonyms
stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, patrol, step out, wander, ramble, tread, prowl, footslog, promenade, traipse
1. 1.1with object Travel unsystematically over, through, or around (a place)
  在…随便走，漫步于；漫游；在…来回走动
  gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed
  成群结队的青年在街上游荡，没有人反对。
  Example sentencesExamples
  At this National Natural Landmark, remains of mammoths that roamed North America 26,000 years ago are preserved.
  Reporters roamed the district singly and in packs.
  Frankie is the leader of a skinhead gang, roaming the streets, getting into bar fights and trashing the occasional record store.
  His interests, however, were not confined to optical recording but also included his emotional reaction to roaming the streets at night.
  For three nights in a row, the ghost of King Hamlet has been witnessed roaming the grounds at midnight.
  Apart from roaming the jungles and photographing wildlife, fishing is the other great passion of the author.
  Previously they roamed Britain in their hundreds of thousands.
  You will need to spend a couple of weeks roaming the labyrinth - but the rewards are likely to be quite high.
  Later that night, the boys see him roaming the old house as if in a trance.
  I roamed the woods and fields, absorbed in the sounds and sights of each season.
  The Delaware roamed the fields and woods of the Northeastern United States for many centuries before white Europeans came to the shores of the New World.
  Actively cultivating relationships, she freely roamed the village streets, visiting from house to house.
  ‘As a boy, I spent every moment I could roaming the oak-studded hills of Northern California where I was raised,’ he said.
  The young St. Louis artist often roams the aisles of building-supply centers in search of ideas.
  Charlie roams the streets at night and goes into movie theaters, craving human interaction.
  A sightless masseur who roams 19th-century Japan fighting injustice, he is easy to love and hard to kill.
  Jones says growers ‘will roam their fields while on their cell phones to the commodity markets in Chicago,’ and attempt to bring home a financial windfall.
  His tweed-clad, mainly male cast of characters roam the countryside and become embroiled in bizarre, nonsensical occurrences.
  Rich argues that Western grasslands need the presence of large ungulates, like the bison that once roamed the plains.
  Dogs are present throughout the street series, roaming the streets and sniffing the gutters.
  Synonyms
  wander, rove, ramble, meander, drift, maunder
2. 1.2 (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping.
  （眼睛）扫视；（手）扫过
  her eyes roamed over the chattering women
  她的目光扫视着那些正在闲聊的女人。
  with object he let his eyes roam her face
  他的目光扫视着她的脸。
  Example sentencesExamples
  His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every latitude and longitude line in South Africa, and standing on that point, let his eye roam until it framed an image he wished to record on camera.
  It was obvious from where he slouched at the bar and where his eyes roamed that he was a pepper man.
  Her eyes roamed around before landing on the face that looked more emotional than others.
  My eyes roamed restlessly around the room looking for something to look at.
  Gehry designed a visually active rather than passive interior: the lines of the balconies loop the hall so that the eye roams the space in continuous movement.
  Cathy couldn't help but allow her eyes to roam over his body.
  She felt uncomfortable as he stared at her, his eyes roaming all over her body.
3. 1.3 (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular.
  （思绪，想象力）遨游
  he let his mind roam as he walked
  散步的时候他任自己的思绪遨游。
  Example sentencesExamples
  She taught me to let my imagination roam freely.
  Let your imagination roam freely over the facts you have collected.
  One of the people who encouraged him to let his imagination roam was his friend, Pierre.
4. 1.4often as noun roaming Use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad.
  packages in which you pay a slightly higher fee when roaming on other networks
  Orange now allows Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US

nounroʊmrōm

An aimless walk.
四处走动；漫步；漫游
did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?

Origin

Middle English: of unknown origin.

词汇	roam
释义	Definition of roam in English: roam verb rəʊmroʊm 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area. （尤指在宽广的地带）随便走，漫步；漫游 tigers once roamed over most of Asia 老虎曾一度在亚洲大部分地区游荡。 Example sentencesExamples Previously, the only way to see where cattle roam was to have people watch them, which is expensive. Overall, the choreography is enhanced by images of animals roaming in the wild. So Wang Lung roams around the courts, staying away from Lotus who will be able to tell when a man is restless. Then the 11 sows and their litters can roam throughout each room. The film-making, which is claustrophobic and closely tied to the heat of the moment, puts us alongside him as he roams about his apartment and the reform school where he works. The chickens and turkeys also roam freely in the fields, eating bugs, grasses, and grains. Try tying clear fishing filament between a couple stakes at various heights where the deer are likely to roam. Not only do the GPS units track where the cattle roam, they also monitor head movements, thus indicating whether the cattle are eating, sleeping, or just walking. While she was roaming around the store with clothing in hand, her frustrated husband went to the center aisle and yelled, ‘Help!’ In an outbreak, well over 100,000 of the flightless crickets roam across the land, devouring crops, grasses, and ornamentals as they go. Anywhere he roams, she is there, a reminder of the fragility of his heart and of his sham relationships. When it was purchased by a different zoo, it was to be placed in a natural environment where it could roam more freely. This is a site you could spend a week roaming around, finding information about nearly everything about architecture. It houses a remarkable collection of animals - most kept, as one might expect in such a civilized country, in large enclosures in which they can roam about with some semblance of freedom. I just can't have a stranger roaming around my property at night. He roamed, visiting South America, the Middle East, finally Africa in search of something. The Festival Committee, however, thought it necessary to underline the visitors' right to roam. Obliged to work for his living from the age of 8, Gorky roamed all over Russia. Throughout my childhood, the hills with the unique catsteps formations were simply a wonderful place to roam. He discovers a terrible secret that drives him back home, but with samurai and bandits roaming all over the country, will his return be too late? Synonyms stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, patrol, step out, wander, ramble, tread, prowl, footslog, promenade, traipse 1.1with object Travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place) 在…随便走，漫步于；漫游；在…来回走动 gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed 成群结队的青年在街上游荡，没有人反对。 Example sentencesExamples Rich argues that Western grasslands need the presence of large ungulates, like the bison that once roamed the plains. Actively cultivating relationships, she freely roamed the village streets, visiting from house to house. A sightless masseur who roams 19th-century Japan fighting injustice, he is easy to love and hard to kill. Previously they roamed Britain in their hundreds of thousands. The young St. Louis artist often roams the aisles of building-supply centers in search of ideas. I roamed the woods and fields, absorbed in the sounds and sights of each season. Later that night, the boys see him roaming the old house as if in a trance. Frankie is the leader of a skinhead gang, roaming the streets, getting into bar fights and trashing the occasional record store. Charlie roams the streets at night and goes into movie theaters, craving human interaction. For three nights in a row, the ghost of King Hamlet has been witnessed roaming the grounds at midnight. Apart from roaming the jungles and photographing wildlife, fishing is the other great passion of the author. Dogs are present throughout the street series, roaming the streets and sniffing the gutters. The Delaware roamed the fields and woods of the Northeastern United States for many centuries before white Europeans came to the shores of the New World. At this National Natural Landmark, remains of mammoths that roamed North America 26,000 years ago are preserved. You will need to spend a couple of weeks roaming the labyrinth - but the rewards are likely to be quite high. Jones says growers ‘will roam their fields while on their cell phones to the commodity markets in Chicago,’ and attempt to bring home a financial windfall. His interests, however, were not confined to optical recording but also included his emotional reaction to roaming the streets at night. His tweed-clad, mainly male cast of characters roam the countryside and become embroiled in bizarre, nonsensical occurrences. Reporters roamed the district singly and in packs. ‘As a boy, I spent every moment I could roaming the oak-studded hills of Northern California where I was raised,’ he said. Synonyms wander, rove, ramble, meander, drift, maunder walk, traipse prowl range, travel, tramp, traverse, trek through Scottish &amp Irish stravaig Irish streel informal knock about/around, cruise, mosey, tootle British informal pootle, swan rare perambulate, peregrinate, circumambulate, vagabond 1.2 (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping. （眼睛）扫视；（手）扫过 her eyes roamed over the chattering women 她的目光扫视着那些正在闲聊的女人。 with object he let his eyes roam her face 他的目光扫视着她的脸。 Example sentencesExamples Gehry designed a visually active rather than passive interior: the lines of the balconies loop the hall so that the eye roams the space in continuous movement. My eyes roamed restlessly around the room looking for something to look at. Cathy couldn't help but allow her eyes to roam over his body. His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every latitude and longitude line in South Africa, and standing on that point, let his eye roam until it framed an image he wished to record on camera. She felt uncomfortable as he stared at her, his eyes roaming all over her body. Her eyes roamed around before landing on the face that looked more emotional than others. It was obvious from where he slouched at the bar and where his eyes roamed that he was a pepper man. 1.3no object (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular. （思绪，想象力）遨游 he let his mind roam as he walked 散步的时候他任自己的思绪遨游。 Example sentencesExamples One of the people who encouraged him to let his imagination roam was his friend, Pierre. Let your imagination roam freely over the facts you have collected. She taught me to let my imagination roam freely. 1.4 Use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad. they now allow Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US Example sentencesExamples The Alcatel switching solution enables service providers to extend customer roaming capabilities as they switch between cellular networks and WLAN access points. The slump in regional travel has also cut heavily into the lucrative GSM international roaming market. They're not asking for a reciprocal roaming agreement or anything that would let a potential competitor onto T-Mobile's network. These new roaming agreements for mobile phones provide for certain rate step-downs at defined intervals. The service node is also connected to a wireless roaming network using the IS - 41 signaling protocol. Mobile earth terminal communication device providing voice, data, facsimile, and/or roaming communication features. Could it be that they are hatching a major roaming deal with the telecommunications company? The phone's limited mobility features permit people to roam around town without losing their connection. When you do this you get free roaming access to the Internet. A roaming charge is when you make a call from outside of your calling area. In order for wireless to have a future where you could have Wi-Fi VPNs, roaming has to be a part of that. Useful for travellers allowing roaming on a greater number of networks across the world. Cingular customers roaming to Singapore pay $2 per minute to make a local call, while T-Mobile customers pay around $1.50. RCC also plans to overlay its Midwest region with CDMA technology providing for anticipated roaming traffic. This technology will enable portable IP phones for use on WLAN networks, allowing users to roam throughout an enterprise campus or home. However, not all new Wi-Fi solutions are designed to support voice or cellular to Wi-Fi roaming capabilities. North American operators charge the highest roaming prices in the world. The operator needs to expand its network by cutting a roaming deal with the company. Users of MCI cell phone plans often had problems with being charged for roaming or long distance, when they were not roaming or were dialing from a local area. By overlapping cells, the network conquers the line-of-sight problem, enabling customers to roam. noun rəʊmroʊm An aimless walk. 四处走动；漫步；漫游 did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath? Derivatives roamer noun ˈrəʊməˈroʊmər Every day this spring, they will scour the seas for transient killer whales - roamers who prey in packs and count as the deadliest of their species. Example sentencesExamples Though a roamer, he didn't put any moves on me that felt uncomfortable. Whilst his dad was also a midfielder roamer, all left foot and direct, Jason is a natural right-footer who has a go when the nets are within shooting distance. You are a roamer and need adventure, excitement, and freedom. They were uncentered roamers, like gypsies moving over a space incomprehensibly large to a European eye. Origin Middle English: of unknown origin. Rhymes brome, chrome, comb, Crome, dome, foam, gnome, holm, Holme, hom, home, Jerome, loam, Nome, ohm, om, Rome, tome Definition of roam in US English: roam verbroʊmrōm 1no object, with adverbial of direction Move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area. （尤指在宽广的地带）随便走，漫步；漫游 tigers once roamed over most of Asia 老虎曾一度在亚洲大部分地区游荡。 Example sentencesExamples Throughout my childhood, the hills with the unique catsteps formations were simply a wonderful place to roam. In an outbreak, well over 100,000 of the flightless crickets roam across the land, devouring crops, grasses, and ornamentals as they go. So Wang Lung roams around the courts, staying away from Lotus who will be able to tell when a man is restless. It houses a remarkable collection of animals - most kept, as one might expect in such a civilized country, in large enclosures in which they can roam about with some semblance of freedom. He roamed, visiting South America, the Middle East, finally Africa in search of something. Anywhere he roams, she is there, a reminder of the fragility of his heart and of his sham relationships. This is a site you could spend a week roaming around, finding information about nearly everything about architecture. Obliged to work for his living from the age of 8, Gorky roamed all over Russia. I just can't have a stranger roaming around my property at night. While she was roaming around the store with clothing in hand, her frustrated husband went to the center aisle and yelled, ‘Help!’ He discovers a terrible secret that drives him back home, but with samurai and bandits roaming all over the country, will his return be too late? Overall, the choreography is enhanced by images of animals roaming in the wild. The film-making, which is claustrophobic and closely tied to the heat of the moment, puts us alongside him as he roams about his apartment and the reform school where he works. The Festival Committee, however, thought it necessary to underline the visitors' right to roam. Try tying clear fishing filament between a couple stakes at various heights where the deer are likely to roam. Not only do the GPS units track where the cattle roam, they also monitor head movements, thus indicating whether the cattle are eating, sleeping, or just walking. When it was purchased by a different zoo, it was to be placed in a natural environment where it could roam more freely. Previously, the only way to see where cattle roam was to have people watch them, which is expensive. The chickens and turkeys also roam freely in the fields, eating bugs, grasses, and grains. Then the 11 sows and their litters can roam throughout each room. Synonyms stroll, saunter, amble, wend one's way, trudge, plod, hike, tramp, trek, march, stride, troop, patrol, step out, wander, ramble, tread, prowl, footslog, promenade, traipse 1.1with object Travel unsystematically over, through, or around (a place) 在…随便走，漫步于；漫游；在…来回走动 gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed 成群结队的青年在街上游荡，没有人反对。 Example sentencesExamples At this National Natural Landmark, remains of mammoths that roamed North America 26,000 years ago are preserved. Reporters roamed the district singly and in packs. Frankie is the leader of a skinhead gang, roaming the streets, getting into bar fights and trashing the occasional record store. His interests, however, were not confined to optical recording but also included his emotional reaction to roaming the streets at night. For three nights in a row, the ghost of King Hamlet has been witnessed roaming the grounds at midnight. Apart from roaming the jungles and photographing wildlife, fishing is the other great passion of the author. Previously they roamed Britain in their hundreds of thousands. You will need to spend a couple of weeks roaming the labyrinth - but the rewards are likely to be quite high. Later that night, the boys see him roaming the old house as if in a trance. I roamed the woods and fields, absorbed in the sounds and sights of each season. The Delaware roamed the fields and woods of the Northeastern United States for many centuries before white Europeans came to the shores of the New World. Actively cultivating relationships, she freely roamed the village streets, visiting from house to house. ‘As a boy, I spent every moment I could roaming the oak-studded hills of Northern California where I was raised,’ he said. The young St. Louis artist often roams the aisles of building-supply centers in search of ideas. Charlie roams the streets at night and goes into movie theaters, craving human interaction. A sightless masseur who roams 19th-century Japan fighting injustice, he is easy to love and hard to kill. Jones says growers ‘will roam their fields while on their cell phones to the commodity markets in Chicago,’ and attempt to bring home a financial windfall. His tweed-clad, mainly male cast of characters roam the countryside and become embroiled in bizarre, nonsensical occurrences. Rich argues that Western grasslands need the presence of large ungulates, like the bison that once roamed the plains. Dogs are present throughout the street series, roaming the streets and sniffing the gutters. Synonyms wander, rove, ramble, meander, drift, maunder 1.2 (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping. （眼睛）扫视；（手）扫过 her eyes roamed over the chattering women 她的目光扫视着那些正在闲聊的女人。 with object he let his eyes roam her face 他的目光扫视着她的脸。 Example sentencesExamples His concept was to pinpoint the exact intersection of every latitude and longitude line in South Africa, and standing on that point, let his eye roam until it framed an image he wished to record on camera. It was obvious from where he slouched at the bar and where his eyes roamed that he was a pepper man. Her eyes roamed around before landing on the face that looked more emotional than others. My eyes roamed restlessly around the room looking for something to look at. Gehry designed a visually active rather than passive interior: the lines of the balconies loop the hall so that the eye roams the space in continuous movement. Cathy couldn't help but allow her eyes to roam over his body. She felt uncomfortable as he stared at her, his eyes roaming all over her body. 1.3 (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular. （思绪，想象力）遨游 he let his mind roam as he walked 散步的时候他任自己的思绪遨游。 Example sentencesExamples She taught me to let my imagination roam freely. Let your imagination roam freely over the facts you have collected. One of the people who encouraged him to let his imagination roam was his friend, Pierre. 1.4often as noun roaming Use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad. packages in which you pay a slightly higher fee when roaming on other networks Orange now allows Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US nounroʊmrōm An aimless walk. 四处走动；漫步；漫游 did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath? Origin Middle English: of unknown origin.
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