Perambulate

[pə'ræmbjʊleɪt]

解釋/意思:

(verb.) walk with no particular goal; 'we were walking around in the garden'; 'after breakfast, she walked about in the park'.

(verb.) make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); 'Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years'.

安娜贝尔整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

(v. i.) To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.

整理:罗威娜

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Go around, go about.

編輯:思朋斯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to walk through or over: to pass through for the purpose of surveying: to survey the boundaries of.—ns. Perambulā′tion act of perambulating: a survey or inspection by travelling through: the district within which a person has the right of inspection; Peram′bulātor one who perambulates: an instrument for measuring distances on roads: a light carriage for a child.—adj. Peram′bulātory.

編輯:梅尔维尔