roam
verb/rəʊm/
/rəʊm/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they roam | /rəʊm/ /rəʊm/ |
| he / she / it roams | /rəʊmz/ /rəʊmz/ |
| past simple roamed | /rəʊmd/ /rəʊmd/ |
| past participle roamed | /rəʊmd/ /rəʊmd/ |
| -ing form roaming | /ˈrəʊmɪŋ/ /ˈrəʊmɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to walk or travel around an area without any definite aim or direction
徜徉；闲逛；漫步 - + adv./prep. The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.
绵羊可以在这片地上自由走动。 - Ramblers are calling for the right to roam (= the freedom to walk in open countryside) to be extended.
漫步者呼吁扩大漫游权（即在开阔乡村行走的自由）。 - roam something to roam the countryside/the streets
在乡间／街道上漫步
Extra ExamplesTopics Hobbiesc2- He'd roamed aimlessly for a few hours.
他已经漫无目的地闲逛了几个小时。 - The animals were allowed to roam free.
动物可以自由走动。 - They're roaming around the countryside.
他们在乡间闲逛。 - Wild camels roam across the country.
全国各地都可见到野骆驼的踪迹。 - roaming through the town
逛遍城镇 - the wild dog's instinct to roam widely
野狗到处游荡的本能 - when dinosaurs roamed the earth
恐龙还在地球上漫步的时候 - A number of mammal species roamed widely around the northern hemisphere.
许多哺乳动物物种广泛分布在北半球。 - Animals roam freely around the village.
动物在村子四处自由地活动。 - Gangs of barefoot children roam the city streets, begging for scraps.
一群群赤脚的孩子在大街上游逛，讨要残羹剩饭。 - I'd like to be a photographer and roam the world with my camera.
我想成为一名摄影师，带着相机环游世界。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- free
- freely
- widely
- …
- allow somebody/something to
- let somebody/something
- about
- around
- across
- …
- the freedom to roam
- the right to roam
- roam the earth
- …
- + adv./prep. The sheep are allowed to roam freely on this land.
- [intransitive, transitive] (of the eyes or hands) to move slowly over every part of somebody/something
（缓慢地）扫遍，摸遍 - roam over something/somebody His gaze roamed over her.
他聚精会神地上下打量她。 - Her eyes roamed over him, assessing him.
她上下打量审视着他 。 - roam something/somebody Her eyes roamed the room.
她将房间打量了一遍。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- free
- freely
- widely
- …
- allow somebody/something to
- let somebody/something
- about
- around
- across
- …
- the freedom to roam
- the right to roam
- roam the earth
- …
- roam over something/somebody His gaze roamed over her.
Word OriginMiddle English: of unknown origin.