amble

• vi. （馬）緩行；從容漫步
• n. （馬的）緩行步態(tài)；漫步
• n. (Amble)人名；(瑞典、挪)安布勒

前綴ambi-, 兩邊，周圍。周圍走走。

amble

amble: [14] The ultimate source of amble (and of perambulator [17], and thus of its abbreviation pram [19]) is the Latin verb ambulāre ‘walk’. This was a compound verb, formed from the prefix ambi- (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the base *el- ‘go’, which also lies behind exile and alacrity [15] (from Latin alacer ‘lively, eager’, a compound of the base *el- and ācer ‘sharp’ – source of English acid).

Latin ambulāre developed into Proven?al amblar, which eventually reached English via Old French ambler. At first the English word was used for referring to a particular (leisurely) gait of a horse, and it was not until the end of the 16th century that it began to be used of people.
=> acid, alacrity, exile, perambulator

amble (v.)

early 14c., from Old French ambler "walk as a horse does," from Latin ambulare "to walk, to go about, take a walk," perhaps a compound of ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and -ulare, from PIE root *el- "to go" (cognates: Greek ale "wandering," alaomai "wander about;" Latvian aluot "go around or astray"). Until 1590s used only of horses or persons on horseback. Related: Ambled; ambling. As a noun, from late 14c.

1. The horse is walking at an amble.

這匹馬正在溜蹄行走. vi漫步;緩馳;從容進行

來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. He was coming along at an amble.

他以緩慢的步子走來.

來自辭典例句

3. Let's go for an amble.

我們?nèi)ド⒉?吧.

來自辭典例句

4. Every evening, they amble along the bank.

每天晚上, 他們都沿著江邊悠閑地散步.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. Leakey is an infant , but old enough to amble through the canopy on his own.

利基雖然是一個幼齡猩猩, 但它也能在屬于它自己的叢林上漫步.

來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)