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英语单词 rove
英美音标 英 [rəʊv] 美 [roʊv]
中文释义 v.漂泊;流浪;环顾;把线穿过孔
n.徘徊;流浪;粗纺线
动词reeve的过去式和过去分词.
英语例句 (1) He loved to rove the green hills and clear waters.
(2) I rove to search for the value of my life.
(3) He rove about his student.
(4) His eyes roved around the room.
中文例句 (1) 他喜欢漫游于山青水秀之乡。
(2) 流浪只是在寻找生命的价。
(3) 他扫了他的学生一眼。
(4) 他的眼睛扫视着房间的每个角落。
vocabulary简明 To rove is to wander around, often aimlessly. You may like to rove at work or school, but chances are you’ve probably got somewhere you’re supposed to be.
vocabulary扩展 Roving can be a way of life. Someone who roves may not have a permanent home, and he or she may wander from town to town in search of food or work. Rove can also refer to other types of wandering. A roving reporter wanders the streets looking for people to interview. At a crowded party, your eyes might rove around the room as you look for someone you know — or someone you’d like to meet.
柯林斯解释
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[VERB 动词]漫游;流浪;漂泊 If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it.
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  [V n]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • ...roving about the town in the dead of night and seeing something peculiar...

    夜深人静时在小镇游走,看见一些怪异的景象

  • She became a photographer, roving the world with her camera in her hand.

    她成了一个摄影师,拿着相机周游世界。

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[VERB 动词](眼睛)环视,扫视 If you say that someone's eyes rove round a place, you mean that they are looking around to see what is interesting.
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  [V]
  [LITERARY 文]
  • Houston's eyes roved restlessly about the room...

    休斯敦不安地扫视着这个房间。

  • His eyes roved to see how many of the group appreciated his heavy humour.

    他环视四周,看看有多少人能理解他重口味的幽默。

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