roam

Word family nounroamerroamingverbroam

roam /rəʊm $ roʊm/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TRAVEL to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction 闲逛，漫步；漫步于 → wander

roam over/around/about etc

The dogs are allowed to roam around.

允许狗四处活动。

Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard.

鸡和鹅在后院随意溜达。

You shouldn’t let your children roam the streets.

你不应该让孩子在街上游荡。

roam the countryside/desert/forests etc

Wild sheep roam the hills.

野羊在山上漫步。

► see thesaurus at travel

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]LOOK AT if your eyes roam over something, you look slowly at all parts of it 〔缓慢地〕打量

Her eyes roamed the room.

她将房间打量了一遍。

roam over

His eyes roamed over the bookshelves.

他的目光扫过一个个书架。

n3 [intransitiveI] to use your mobile phone in a different country or area from usual by connecting to a different network

Some pay-as-you-go phones do not allow you to roam.

Examples from the Corpus

roam• They typically roam a territory of several acres, with life spans similar to humans.• Tourists love roaming about the old town.• Great herds of wild deer roam freely over the hills.• Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.• At one point, buffalo freely roamed North America.• He had roamed Queenstown during his lunch hour at the beginning of the week before he could find a roaster for sale.• Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles?• I am the one scrambling eggs for dinner and sitting on porches with friends while the kids roam the neighborhood on bikes.• The kids roamed the neighborhood on their bikes.• Although visitors will roam the shop floor some things will be closely watched.• Residents of the Red Hall estate claim to be living in fear of gangs who roam the streets after dark.• Aeons ago, prehistoric animals roamed these parts and hid in the Paviland Caves below the cliffs.

roam the countryside/desert/forests etc• Pride is one thing: a wild beast which lives in caves and roams the desert.• Such double-bodied beings were thought to have roamed the forests and pasturelands adjacent to Arcadian Olympia.• One sensed the aloneness, and would she be roaming the desert if there were a husband to worry about?• Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles?

roam over• Harry's eyes roamed over her body.

单词	roam
释义	roam Word family nounroamerroamingverbroam roam /rəʊm $ roʊm/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TRAVEL to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction 闲逛，漫步；漫步于 → wander roam over/around/about etc The dogs are allowed to roam around. 允许狗四处活动。 Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard. 鸡和鹅在后院随意溜达。 You shouldn’t let your children roam the streets. 你不应该让孩子在街上游荡。 roam the countryside/desert/forests etc Wild sheep roam the hills. 野羊在山上漫步。 ► see thesaurus at travel 2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]LOOK AT if your eyes roam over something, you look slowly at all parts of it 〔缓慢地〕打量 Her eyes roamed the room. 她将房间打量了一遍。 roam over His eyes roamed over the bookshelves. 他的目光扫过一个个书架。 n3 [intransitiveI] to use your mobile phone in a different country or area from usual by connecting to a different network Some pay-as-you-go phones do not allow you to roam. Examples from the Corpus roam• They typically roam a territory of several acres, with life spans similar to humans.• Tourists love roaming about the old town.• Great herds of wild deer roam freely over the hills.• Larger numbers of roe deer live near there and Czechoslovakia still has bears and wolves roaming in the wild.• At one point, buffalo freely roamed North America.• He had roamed Queenstown during his lunch hour at the beginning of the week before he could find a roaster for sale.• Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles?• I am the one scrambling eggs for dinner and sitting on porches with friends while the kids roam the neighborhood on bikes.• The kids roamed the neighborhood on their bikes.• Although visitors will roam the shop floor some things will be closely watched.• Residents of the Red Hall estate claim to be living in fear of gangs who roam the streets after dark.• Aeons ago, prehistoric animals roamed these parts and hid in the Paviland Caves below the cliffs. roam the countryside/desert/forests etc• Pride is one thing: a wild beast which lives in caves and roams the desert.• Such double-bodied beings were thought to have roamed the forests and pasturelands adjacent to Arcadian Olympia.• One sensed the aloneness, and would she be roaming the desert if there were a husband to worry about?• Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles? roam over• Harry's eyes roamed over her body.
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