roam
- IPA[rəʊm]
英式
- move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area；travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place)
- an aimless walk
verb: roam, 3rd person present: roams, gerund or present participle: roaming, past tense: roamed, past participle: roamed
- 釋義
動詞
- 1. move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area tigers once roamed over most of Asia
- ▪ travel unsystematically over, through, or about (a place) gangs of youths roamed the streets unopposed
- ▪ (of a person's eyes or hands) pass lightly over something without stopping her eyes roamed over the chattering women he let his eyes roam her face
- ▪ (of a person's mind or thoughts) drift along without dwelling on anything in particular he let his mind roam as he walked
- 2. use a mobile phone on another operator's network, typically while abroad Orange now allows Pay As You Go mobile phone customers to roam in the US
名詞
- 1. an aimless walk did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?
- 更多解釋
- IPA[rōm]
美式
- move about or travel aimlessly or unsystematically, especially over a wide area: tigers once roamed over most of Asia
- an aimless walk: did you get to explore the city or have a roam around Bath?
Oxford American Dictionary
