Front | saunter |
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Pron | ['sɔːntər] |
Back | saunter v.闲逛;漫步 Soapy took the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly. 索皮拿着雨伞闲逛。 |
Vocab | saunterwalk leisurely and with no apparent aim
To saunter is to stroll at a leisurely pace. The next time someone accuses you of dragging your feet and asks you to speed it up, calmly tell them that you’re perfecting your saunter. A verb of unconfirmed origin, saunter means to “walk with a leisurely gait.” As a noun, saunter describes that leisurely gait. Henry David Thoreau once said “it is a great art to saunter.” So while crossing a busy street may not be the best time to test out your sauntering abilities, feel free to practice when you're not in a hurry. All forms of 'saunter' will appear on average once every 1004 pages. saunter saunterer |
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