Thursday, November 1, 2012

How do you walk?



trudge
 walk slowly or with difficulty because one is tired, on a long journey, etc  
(因疲惫、 走长路等)缓慢或吃力地走
trudging (along) through the deep snow 在深雪中慢慢地走
  * He trudged 20 miles. 他吃力地走了20英里
=>Usage at stump用法见stump.
 > trudge n (usu sing 通常作单数) long tiring walk 疲累的长途步行; 长途跋涉.



ramble
walk for pleasure with no special destination 漫步; 闲逛:

I like rambling (around/about) in the country.  
我喜欢在乡间漫步
Cf 参看 hike 1.  
 2 [I, Ipr, Ip] ramble (on) (about sb/sth) (fig 比喻) wander in one's talk or writing by not keeping to the subject  
漫谈; 闲聊; 漫笔: The old man rambled (on) about the past. 
这位老者在聊过去的事情.  

 3 [I] (of plants) grow or climb over other plants, hedges, etc with long trailing shoots (指植物)蔓生, 攀缘生长.
 > ramble n rambling walk 漫步
go for/on a ramble in the country 去乡间漫步.
 rambler  
 1 person who rambles(ramble 1) 漫步者.   
2 rambling plant 蔓生植物: [attrib 作定语] rambler roses 攀缘蔷薇.
 rambling adj  1 (esp of buildings, streets, towns, etc) extending in various directions irregularly  
(尤指建筑物、 街道、 城镇等)无规则地向各方延伸的, 布局凌乱的
 2 (of a plant) growing or climbing with long trailing shoots (指植物)蔓生的, 攀缘的.  3 (of a speech, essay, etc) not keeping to the subject; disconnected (指讲话、 文章等)不切题的, 不连贯的.



scramble
1 [Ipr, Ip] climb or crawl quickly, usu over rough ground or with difficulty; clamber 攀登; : scramble up the embankment 爬上堤岸 * The girl scrambled over the wall. 那个女孩儿翻过了墙. * The children scrambled out of the hollow tree. 孩子都从树洞里爬出来了.  2 [I, Ipr, It] ~ (for sth) struggle or compete with others, esp to get sth or a share of sth 争夺, 竞争(尤指为得到某事物): players scrambling for possession of the ball 争着抢球的运动员 * The children scrambled for the coins. 孩子们争夺硬币. * They were all scrambling to get the bargains. 他们都争先恐后抢购廉价货.  3 [Tn, Tn.p] ~ sth (up) mix (things) together in an untidy way; jumble sth up 将(东西)乱混在一起; 搅乱某事物: Who has scrambled up my sewing things? 谁把我的针线活儿弄乱了?  4 [Tn] mix the whites and yolks of (eggs) together while cooking them in a saucepan with milk and butter (用牛奶和黄油)炒(蛋).  5 [Tn] change the way (a telephone conversation, etc) sounds by altering the wave frequency, so that only sb with a special receiver can understand it 扰频或倒频使(电话通话等)只可由有特殊接收器的人收听.  6 [I, Tn] (cause a military aircraft to) take off suddenly, eg to repel an enemy raid (使军用飞机)紧急起飞.
 > scramble n  1 [sing] climb or walk done with difficulty or over rough ground 攀登; 爬行: a scramble over the rocks at the seashore 攀登海边的岩石.  2 [sing] ~ (for sth) rough struggle (to get sth) 争夺; 抢夺: There was a scramble for the best seats. 大家都在抢最好的座位.  3 [C] motor-cycle race over rough ground 摩托车越野赛.
 scrambler / 5skrAmblE(r); `skrAmblL/ n device for scrambling telephone conversations, etc 扰频器; 倒频器.

 

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