Peripatetic
[,perɪpə'tetɪk] or [,pɛrɪpə'tɛtɪk]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
爱丽丝錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Aristotelian, of Aristotle.
整理:康拉德
解釋/意思:
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.
克劳斯編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思：
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/造句/用法:
- 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·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- 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. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- She had sometimes taken pupils in a peripatetic fashion, making them follow her about in the kitchen with their book or slate. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
編輯:马里奥