gallivant
英 ['gælɪvænt; ,gælɪ'vænt]
- vi. 闲逛；与异性闲荡
英英释义
- 1. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
实用场景例句
- You're too old to go gallivanting around Europe.
- 你年纪太大，不能到欧洲各地游逛去了。
牛津词典
- A girl's place is in the home, not gallivanting around and filling her head with nonsense.
- 女孩子就该在家呆着，不能四处闲逛，成天胡思乱想。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- They shall spend less time gallivant about and more with their children.
- 他们应少到各处游荡,多用些时间照看子女.
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- We have no time to gallivant about.
- 我们没有时间到处闲逛.
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词态变化
第三人称单数: gallivants;过去式: gallivanted;过去分词: gallivanted;现在分词: gallivanting;
中文词源
gallivant 闲游
来自gallant的拼写变体，词源同will, 即按照自己的意愿行事的，闲游的。
英文词源
- gallivant (v.)
- "gad about, spend time in frivolous pleasure-seeking, especially with the opposite sex," 1809, of uncertain origin, perhaps a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about." Related: Gallivanted; gallivanting.
Young Lobski said to his ugly wife,
"I'm off till to-morrow to fish, my life;"
Says Mrs. Lobski, "I'm sure you a'nt",
But you brute you are going to gallivant."
What Mrs. Lobski said was right,
Gay Mr. Lobski was out all night.
He ne'er went to fish, 'tis known very well
But where he went I shall not tell.
["Songs from the Exile," in "Literary Panorama," London, 1809]
双语例句
- 1. They shall spend less time gallivant about and more with their children.
- 他们应少到各处游荡,多用些时间照看子女.
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- 2. We have no time to gallivant about.
- 我们没有时间到处闲逛.
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