Peripatetic
[,perɪpə'tetɪk] or [,pɛrɪpə'tɛtɪk]
解释:
(noun.) a person who walks from place to place.
(adj.) traveling especially on foot; 'peripatetic country preachers'; 'a poor wayfaring stranger' .
琼整理--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Walking about; itinerant.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers.
(n.) One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant.
(n.) A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian.
爱丽丝录入
同义词及近义词：
a. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.
整理:康拉德
解释:
adj. walking about: of or pertaining to the philosophy of Aristotle who taught while walking up and down in the Lyceum at Athens.—n. Peripatet′ic an adherent of the philosophy of Aristotle: one accustomed or obliged to walk: (pl.) instruction by lectures.—n. Peripatet′icism the philosophy of Aristotle.
克劳斯编辑
娱乐性解释：
adj. Walking about. Relating to the philosophy of Aristotle who while expounding it moved from place to place in order to avoid his pupil's objections. A needless precaution—they knew no more of the matter than he.
整理:威廉
例句:
- As its name implies, it was dedicated to the service of the Muses, which was also the case with the Peripatetic school at Athens. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- His pupil and lifelong friend, and successor as leader o f the Peripatetic school of philosophy, Theophrastus, combined a knowledge of mathematics, astronomy, botany, and mineralogy. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- She had sometimes taken pupils in a peripatetic fashion, making them follow her about in the kitchen with their book or slate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
编辑:马里奥