excursion
/ɪkˈskɜːʃən/noun
1
- a short journey or trip, especially one engaged in as a leisure activity远足; 短途旅行:
an excursion to Mount Etna
到埃特纳火山去的一次旅游
figurative 〈喻〉occasional excursions into mathematics.
对数学的偶尔涉足。
2
- technical an instance of the movement of something along a path or through an angle〈技〉移动。
2.1
- a deviation from a regular pattern, path, or level of operation偏移; 偏离。
3
- archaic a digression〈古〉离题。
派生词
excursionist
noun词源
late 16th cent. in the sense 'act of running out', also meaning 'sortie' in the phrase alarums and excursions (see ALARUM): from Latin excursio(n-), from the verb excurrere 'run out', from ex- 'out'+currere 'to run'.