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Rambling Describe Means Verb   [Usu Adj N 英

英语单词 rambling
英美音标 英 ['ræmblɪŋ] 美 ['ræmblɪŋ]
中文释义 adj.杂乱无章的;闲逛的
动词ramble的现在分词.
英语例句 (1) It was a scrappy, rambling speech.
(2) We’re all busy, and we’ve all received long, ambiguous and rambling email.
(3) This rambling propensity strengthened with years.
(4) Lord, I was born a rambling man.
中文例句 (1) 那篇讲话杂乱无章,毫无条理。
(2) 我们都很忙,然而我们都收到过那种长篇大论、模糊不清、杂乱无章的电子邮件。
(3) 岁月增添,游兴更浓。
(4) 老天,鄙人生来就是浪子。
vocabulary简明 The adjective rambling means confused and long-winded, the way you could describe your grandfather's endless rambling stories of his childhood.
vocabulary扩展 Rambling always means indirect and a little confusing, which can be a negative quality in a classroom lecture or movie plot — but when you're talking about a path through the woods, rambling is a charming way to describe it. You might love to hike through the woods on rambling trails that twist and turn. Rambling comes from the verb ramble, "walk or stroll," which is a variant on the older verb romen, "to walk, or to go," and related to "roam."
柯林斯解释
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[ADJ 形容词](建筑)大而无当的,格局凌乱的 A rambling building is big and old with an irregular shape.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • ...that rambling house and its bizarre contents.

    那间格局不规则的房子及其奇异的室内摆设

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](讲话或写作)冗长含糊的,杂乱无章的 If you describe a speech or piece of writing as rambling, you are criticizing it for being too long and very confused.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [disapproval]
  • His actions were accompanied by a rambling monologue...

    他的行动伴随着一串冗长含糊的独白。

  • Cameron wrote a rambling letter to his wife.

    卡梅伦给他的妻子写了一封漫无边际的长信。

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