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Promenade Walk Late Drive Animals Sense `Prɔmi'nɑ:D V./N.散步;开车兜风

单词 promenade
音标 [`prɔmi'nɑ:d]
解释 v./n.散步;开车兜风
红宝书 【英】 n./v. 散步,开车兜风(a leisurely walk or ride for pleasure or display)
【记】 pro(向前)+menade(=w alk, drive)→向前走→散步
【例】 take a promenade in the street
字源 promenade (n.)
1560s, "leisurely walk," from Middle French promenade (16c.), from se promener "go for a walk," from Late Latin prominare "to drive (animals) onward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + minare "to drive (animals) with shouts," from minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).
Meaning "place for walking" is 1640s; specifically "walkway by the sea" late 18c.; British sense of "music hall favored by 'loose women and the simpletons who run after them'" is attested from 1863. Sense of "dance given by a school" is from 1887.
promenade (v.)
"to make a promenade," 1580s, from promenade (n.). Related: Promenaded; promenading.
不择手段背单词 v. (作为社交活动在公共场合的)散步
【记】pro向前, men男人, ade-男人向前-散步
趣味全助记 【记】pro + men 男人+ ad广告,男人做广告常是在开车兜风,跑步,散步;近于meander 漫步

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