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amble

美音:[´æmbəl ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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vi.缓行,溜蹄

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名词:ambler 动词过去式:ambled 过去分词:ambled 现在分词:ambling 第三人称单数:ambles

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amble


/'æmbl; `æmbl/
v [I, Ipr, Ip]
1 (of a person) ride or walk at a slow, leisurely pace (指人)乘骑缓行或漫步, 徐行
*He came ambling down the road. 他沿路溜溜达达地来了.
* We ambled along for miles. 我们缓缓而行达数英里.
2 (of a horse) move slowly, lifting the two feet on one side together (指马)溜花蹄(同侧两蹄同时离地行走).

n [sing] slow, leisurely pace 缓步; 徐步; 漫步
*walk at an amble 徐步而行.

amble


v [I always + adverb/preposition]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: ambler, from Latin ambulare 'to walk']
to walk slowly in a relaxed way
= saunter
 An old man came out and ambled over for a chat.
>amblen [singular]
 a pleasant amble by the river