amble

• vi. （馬）緩行；從容漫步
• n. （馬的）緩行步態；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 Provençal 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.

我們去散步 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.

來自互聯網

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, 但它也能在屬於它自己的叢林上漫步.

來自互聯網