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单词 ambulate
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ambulatev.

Brit. /ˈambjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˈæmbjəˌleɪt/
Forms: 1500s– ambulate; also Scottish 1700s ambulate (past participle).
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin ambulāt-, ambulāre.
Etymology: < classical Latin ambulāt-, past participial stem (see -ate suffix3) of ambulāre to walk < amb- round, about (see ambi- prefix) + a second element also seen in exul exul n. Compare earlier ambulation n., perambulate v., and also amble v.Compare Middle French, French ambuler (15th cent.), Spanish ambular (early 17th cent.), Italian ambulare (1348), all rare and literary. With the past participle ambulate compare -ate suffix2.
Chiefly literary. Now somewhat archaic.
intransitive. To move about or from place to place; to walk. Frequently with adverb or prepositional phrase as complement.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)]
stepOE
bistepa1250
to set footc1300
treada1400–50
foota1425
trade1547
stride1596
ambulate1598
purmeinea1614
walka1628
conculcate1657
to tread the ground1691
toddle1819
sashay1878
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > change of direction of movement > change direction of movement [verb (intransitive)] > move without fixed course
stragglea1425
ambulate1598
random?1602
stray1647
stimmer1808
knocka1825
moil1889
society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)]
treadc897
stepc900
goeOE
gangOE
walka1375
wanderc1380
foota1425
to take to footc1440
awalkc1540
trade1547
beat it on the hoof1570
pad1610
to be (also beat, pad) upon the hoofa1616
trample1624
to pad (also pad upon) the hoof1683
ambulate1724
shank1773
stump it1803
pedestrianize1811
pedestrianate1845
tramp it1862
ankle1916
1598 F. Rous Thule sig. O1v Thus they conioynd begin to ambulate.
1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate 67 I haue ambulated longst the street, And oft this Monster haue I chanc'd to meet.
1663 J. C. in F. B. Vercingetorixa sig. A2v I..now as wandring Knight am bound To ambulate the vast Globe round.
1724 A. Ramsay Ever Green II. 65 I haif ambulate on Parnasso the Mountain [1508 W. Dunbar I perambalit].
1794 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 215 Burnett ambulated to Bristol with me.
1814 Ld. Byron Let. 9 Apr. (1975) IV. 92 Without once quitting the table, except to ambulate home.
1845 C. Hood Gonzalvo vii. 227 Frisking lambkins ambulate and play.
1900 J. M. Keynes in R. F. Harrod Life J. M. Keynes (1951) 26 We ambulated to Windsor.
1957 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. 48 7 Males..ambulate significantly less than females.
1995 Frank 27 Sept. 5/3 Whilst ambulating down Riverside Drive last week, I came upon an astounding spectacle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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