walk
verb/wɔːk/
/wɔːk/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they walk | /wɔːk/ /wɔːk/ |
| he / she / it walks | /wɔːks/ /wɔːks/ |
| past simple walked | /wɔːkt/ /wɔːkt/ |
| past participle walked | /wɔːkt/ /wɔːkt/ |
| -ing form walking | /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ /ˈwɔːkɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to move or go somewhere by putting one foot in front of the other on the ground, but without running
走；行走；步行 - The baby is just learning to walk.
这孩子刚学走路。 - He may not be able to walk again.
他可能无法再走路了。 - ‘How did you get here?’ ‘I walked.’
“你怎么到这儿来的？”“我走路来的。” - walk + adv./prep. He walked slowly away from her.
他慢慢地从她身旁走开。 - The door opened and Jo walked in.
门开了，乔走了进来。 - She missed the bus and had to walk home.
她没赶上公共汽车，只好步行回家。 - He turned and walked away.
他转身走开了。 - He started to walk away from me, but quickly returned.
他开始从我身边走开，但很快又回来了。 - People walking past were staring at him.
路过的人都盯着他看。 - You don't mind walking back, do you?
你不介意走回去吧？ - It looks like a nice place to walk around.
它看起来是一个散步的好地方。 - He walks over to the window and looks out.
他走到窗前，向外看去。 - I just happened to be walking by.
我只是碰巧路过。 - We walked along in silence for a while.
我们默默地走了一会儿。 - I ignored him and walked on.
我没理他，继续往前走。 - I always walk to school.
我总是步行去学校。 - Taking a deep breath, she walked into the room.
深吸一口气，她走进了房间。 - He immediately got up and walked out of the room.
他立即起身，走出了房间。 - I walked in the door and looked around.
我走进门，环顾四周。 - He walked out the door, got in his car, and drove off.
他出了门，上了车，开走了。 - He greeted her as she walked through the door.
当她走进门时，他向她打招呼。 - I was walking down the street when I suddenly felt ill.
我正走在街上，突然感到不舒服。 - The school is within easy walking distance of the train station.
学校离火车站不远，不费劲就走到了。 - walk something They walked the dark streets of Los Angeles.
他们在洛杉矶黑暗的街道上行走。 - Children here walk several miles to school.
这里的孩子去上学要步行好几英里。 - She walked the short distance to her flat.
她走了一小段路就到了她的公寓。
Vocabulary Building Ways of walkingWays of walking- creep
- He could hear someone creeping around downstairs.
他听得见有人在楼下蹑手蹑脚走来走去的声音。
- He could hear someone creeping around downstairs.
- limp
- One player limped off the field with a twisted ankle.
一个球员拖着扭伤的脚踝一瘸一拐地走下场。
- One player limped off the field with a twisted ankle.
- pace
- I found him in the corridor nervously pacing up and down.
我看到他在走廊里焦虑不安地走来走去。
- I found him in the corridor nervously pacing up and down.
- pad
- She spent the morning padding about the house in her slippers.
她一个早上都穿着拖鞋在房子里轻轻地走来走去。
- She spent the morning padding about the house in her slippers.
- plod
- They wearily plodded home through the rain.
他们冒着雨疲惫而吃力地走回家。
- They wearily plodded home through the rain.
- shuffle
- The queue gradually shuffled forward.
排队等候的人慢慢向前挪动。
- The queue gradually shuffled forward.
- stagger
- They staggered out of the pub, completely drunk.
他们烂醉如泥，踉踉跄跄地走出了酒馆。
- They staggered out of the pub, completely drunk.
- stomp
- She stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
她噔噔地走出了屋子，随手砰的一声把门关上。
- She stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her.
- stroll
- Families were strolling around the park.
游人一家一家地在公园四处漫步。
- Families were strolling around the park.
- tiptoe
- They tiptoed upstairs so they wouldn’t wake the baby.
他们踮着脚上楼，以免吵醒婴儿。
- They tiptoed upstairs so they wouldn’t wake the baby.
- trudge
- We trudged up the hill.
我们步履艰难地一步一步往山上爬。
- We trudged up the hill.
Extra ExamplesTopics Health and Fitnessa1- Due to his illness, he can no longer walk unaided.
由于生病，他不能再独立行走了。 - He walked home from school.
他从学校走回了家。 - I got up and walked calmly out into the early evening.
傍晚时分我起身平静地走了出去。 - Jake was walking some way ahead.
杰克正在前面不远处走着。 - She had no sandals and walked barefoot.
她没穿凉鞋，光着脚走。 - She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door.
她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。 - The couple walked hand in hand along the beach.
这对夫妇手拉手沿海滩漫步。 - When she walked onstage, the audience started screaming.
当她走上台时观众开始尖叫起来。 - humans' ability to walk upright
人类直立行走的能力 - A couple were walking hand in hand along the path.
路上，一对情侣手牵手走着。 - He walked straight past me when I called.
当我打电话时，他径直从我身边走过。 - How long does it take them to walk to school?
他们步行去学校需要多长时间？ - I had to walk all the way home.
我只好一路走回家。 - The hotel is within easy walking distance of the beach.
从酒店步行即可轻松抵达海滩。 - They walked barefoot through the cool grass.
他们赤脚走过凉爽的草地。 - Try walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator.
尝试走楼梯而不是乘电梯。 - Women have to walk several miles each day to get water.
妇女们每天得步行几英里去取水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- fast
- quickly
- …
- along
- down
- into
- …
- go walking
- The baby is just learning to walk.
- (also go walking)(both especially British English) [intransitive, transitive] to spend time walking for pleasure
徒步旅行；散步 - I like an active holiday, so I walk.
我喜欢活跃的假期，所以我步行。 - She's started to go walking.
她开始走路了。 - walk+ adv./prep. We're going walking in the mountains this summer.
今年夏天我们打算到山里去徒步旅行。 - I walked across Scotland with a friend.
我和一个朋友徒步穿越了苏格兰。 - walk something They love walking the moors.
他们喜欢到沼泽地散步。
Extra Examples- For our holiday we went walking in the Lake District.
假期我们去湖区徒步旅行。 - Have you ever walked the Pennine Way?
你徒步走过彭尼内步道吗？ - We went walking by the waterfront.
我们沿着湖滨散步。
- I like an active holiday, so I walk.
- [transitive] walk somebody + adv./prep. to go somewhere with somebody on foot, especially in order to make sure they get there safely
陪伴…走；护送…走 - He always walked her home.
他经常护送她走回家。 - I walked him to the corner of the street.
我陪他走到街角。
- He always walked her home.
- [transitive] walk something (+ adv./prep.) to take an animal for a walk; to make an animal walk somewhere
牵着（动物）走；遛；赶着…走 - They walk their dogs every day.
他们每天遛狗。 - She walked the horse around the ring.
她牵着马绕着圆环走一圈。
Synonyms taketakelead ▪ escort ▪ drive ▪ show ▪ walk ▪ guide ▪ usher ▪ directThese words all mean to go with somebody from one place to another.take to go with somebody from one place to another, for example in order to show them something or to show them the way to a place:- It’s too far to walk—I’ll take you by car.
步行路太远，我开车送你去。
- Firefighters led the survivors to safety.
消防队员把幸存者带到了安全的地方。
- The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards.
总统在十二名保镖的护送下到达。
- My mother drove us to the airport.
我母亲开车把我们送到了机场。
- The attendant showed us to our seats.
服务员把我们带到我们的座位。
- He always walked her home.
他经常护送她走回家。 - Have you walked the dog yet today?
你今天遛狗了吗？
- She guided us through the busy streets.
她带着我们穿过繁忙的街道。 - We were guided around the museums.
我们在导游的带领下参观了博物馆。
- She ushered her guests to their seats.
她把客人引领到座位上。
- A young woman directed them to the station.
一名年轻女子给他们指了去车站的路。
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct somebody to/out of/into something
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide somebody around/round
- to take/lead/escort/drive/walk somebody home
- to take/lead/escort/guide somebody to safety
- to lead/show the way
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2- He walked the pony up and down the yard.
他牵着马在院子里来回走着。 - She walks the dog every day at about two o'clock.
她每天两点左右遛狗。
- They walk their dogs every day.
- [intransitive] (informal) to disappear; to be taken away
没了；被偷 - Lock up any valuables. Things tend to walk here (= be stolen).
把贵重物品锁起来。这里的东西常会不翼而飞。
- Lock up any valuables. Things tend to walk here (= be stolen).
- [intransitive] (literary) (of a ghost) to appear
出现；出没；显灵 - [intransitive] (in cricket) when a batsman walks, he/she leaves the field without waiting for the umpire to say that he/she is out
走路：当击球手走路时，他/她离开田野而无需等待裁判员说他/她不在 - He knew he was out, so he walked.
他知道自己出去了，所以他就走了。
- He knew he was out, so he walked.
- [intransitive, transitive] (in baseball ) to reach first base without having to do anything because the pitcher failed to throw the ball correctly four times and you didn't try to hit it; to enable a batter to walk
轻易获得；轻易取胜 - He walked 60 times in 57 games.
他在 57 场比赛中保送了 60 次。 - walk somebody Despite walking one batter, Jackson showed solid control of the pitch.
尽管保送了一名击球手，杰克逊还是表现出了对球场的稳固控制。
- He walked 60 times in 57 games.
Word OriginOld English wealcan ‘roll, toss’, also ‘wander’, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move about’, and specifically ‘go about on foot’, arose in Middle English.
Idioms
be skating/walking on thin ice
- to be taking a risk
履薄冰；冒风险
float/walk on air
- to feel very happy
欢天喜地；得意扬扬 - Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day.
大多数夫妇在婚礼当天都感觉如履薄冰。
- Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day.
go/walk down the aisle
- (informal) to get married
结婚
run before you can walk
- to do things that are difficult, without learning the basic skills first
不会走就跑；没掌握基本功就做难事
tread/walk a tightrope
- to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do
身处困境；如履薄冰 - The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation.
政府想要在不推高通胀的情况下降低利率，就像在走钢丝一样艰难。
- The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation.
walk the beat
- (of police officers) to walk around the area that they are responsible for
在辖区值勤巡逻 - We have two officers walking the beat after midnight.
午夜以后我们派有两名警察巡逻。
- We have two officers walking the beat after midnight.
walk/tread a fine/thin line (between A and B)
- to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake
处于困境（或险境）；如履薄冰；走钢丝 - He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
他想滑稽而不粗鲁，难以把握分寸。 - She often seems to tread a thin line between success and failure.
她似乎经常在成功与失败之间徘徊。
Extra Examples- His comedy treads the line between shocking and sickening.
他的喜剧介于令人震惊和令人作呕之间。 - We have to walk a fine line to make sure we don't promote one brand more than another.
我们必须谨慎行事，以确保我们不会比另一个品牌更多地推广一个品牌。 - His buildings walk the thin line between visionary and completely mad.
他的建筑介于幻想与疯狂之间。
- He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude.
walk free
- to be allowed to leave court, etc., without receiving any punishment
获无罪释放 - She was acquitted and walked free from court.
她被无罪释放并离开法庭。
- She was acquitted and walked free from court.
walk it (informal)
- to go somewhere on foot instead of in a vehicle
徒步前往 - It’s not very far. We can easily walk it.
不是很远。我们可以轻松地走过去。
- It’s not very far. We can easily walk it.
- (British English) to easily achieve something that you want
轻易获得；轻易取胜 - It's not a difficult exam. You'll walk it!
这次考试不难。你会轻松通过的！
- It's not a difficult exam. You'll walk it!
walk somebody off their feet
- (informal) to make somebody walk so far or so fast that they are very tired
使走得筋疲力尽 - I hope I haven’t walked you off your feet.
我希望我没有让你失望。
- I hope I haven’t walked you off your feet.
walk off the job
- (North American English) to stop working in order to go on strike
（离开岗位）罢工
walk the plank
- (in the past) to walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the sea, as a punishment
走跳板（强迫受害人在置于船舷外的跳板上行走而致落水）
walk the streets
- to walk around the streets of a town or city
（在城镇里）穿街走巷；在大街上闲逛 - Is it safe to walk the streets alone at night?
夜间独自一人在大街上行走安全吗？
- Is it safe to walk the streets alone at night?
walk tall
- to feel proud and confident
昂首阔步；趾高气扬
walk the walk
- (informal, approving) to act in a way that shows people you are really good at what you do, and not just good at talking about it
言行一致 - You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk?
你说得头头是道，可是你做得到吗？
- You can talk the talk but can you walk the walk?