ambulatingadj.

Brit.

/ˈambjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈæmbjəˌleɪdɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambulate v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < ambulate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier ambulant adj.

1. That ambulates; that walks or moves about, or from place to place; itinerant; mobile. Cf. ambulant adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > characterized by

ambulative1578

ambulating1716

society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > in connection with employment

deambulatory1607

peripatetic1607

peripatetical1633

itinerant1661

ambulating1716

1716 E. Ward St. Paul's Church 22 The graceless ambulating Throng.

1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 193 These ambulating spectres [Fr. ces spectres ambulans].

1842 United Service Mag. ii. 360 Glittering fire-flies, like ambulating stars, wandering in magic pastime around us.

1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 125 He withdraws to the ambulating canteen..and cools his brow.

1919 Munsey's Mag. July 261/1 She learned that she could charter one of the ambulating garden-seats at so much an hour.

1976 E. Bishop Crusoe in Eng. in Compl. Poems (1983) 164 Hissing, ambulating turtles got on my nerves.

1993 Idaho Falls Post Reg. (Nexis) 22 Apr. c2 Kahn tours small towns with her one-person ambulating puppet theater.

†2. Zoology. Of a limb, organ, or part: adapted for or used in walking; = ambulatory adj. 3c. Also of an animal: that habitually walks or runs on the ground; cursorial. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > fitted for

ambulatory?1768

ambulating1824

ambulatorial1825

1824 W. Swainson in Zool. Jrnl. 1 302 The legs..evidently show that we have reached a group of cursorial or ambulating birds, who rarely, if ever, frequent trees.

1873 W. Thomson in Nature 20 Mar. 388/1 All the hauls of the trawl..have yielded many specimens of a singular Holothurid... Like Psolus, it has a distinct ambulating surface, with a central double line of water-feet.

1903 21st Ann. Rep. Fishery Board Scotl. 1902: Pt. III in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1545) XIV. 1 These [sacs] evidently contain the germs of the five pairs of pereiopoda, or true ambulating legs.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ambulating
释义	ambulatingadj. Brit. /ˈambjᵿleɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæmbjəˌleɪdɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ambulate v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < ambulate v. + -ing suffix². Compare earlier ambulant adj. 1. That ambulates; that walks or moves about, or from place to place; itinerant; mobile. Cf. ambulant adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > characterized by ambulative1578 ambulating1716 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [adjective] > in connection with employment deambulatory1607 peripatetic1607 peripatetical1633 itinerant1661 ambulating1716 1716 E. Ward St. Paul's Church 22 The graceless ambulating Throng. 1786 S. Henley tr. W. Beckford Arabian Tale 193 These ambulating spectres [Fr. ces spectres ambulans]. 1842 United Service Mag. ii. 360 Glittering fire-flies, like ambulating stars, wandering in magic pastime around us. 1873 F. Boyle To Cape for Diamonds 125 He withdraws to the ambulating canteen..and cools his brow. 1919 Munsey's Mag. July 261/1 She learned that she could charter one of the ambulating garden-seats at so much an hour. 1976 E. Bishop Crusoe in Eng. in Compl. Poems (1983) 164 Hissing, ambulating turtles got on my nerves. 1993 Idaho Falls Post Reg. (Nexis) 22 Apr. c2 Kahn tours small towns with her one-person ambulating puppet theater. †2. Zoology. Of a limb, organ, or part: adapted for or used in walking; = ambulatory adj. 3c. Also of an animal: that habitually walks or runs on the ground; cursorial. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > fitted for ambulatory?1768 ambulating1824 ambulatorial1825 1824 W. Swainson in Zool. Jrnl. 1 302 The legs..evidently show that we have reached a group of cursorial or ambulating birds, who rarely, if ever, frequent trees. 1873 W. Thomson in Nature 20 Mar. 388/1 All the hauls of the trawl..have yielded many specimens of a singular Holothurid... Like Psolus, it has a distinct ambulating surface, with a central double line of water-feet. 1903 21st Ann. Rep. Fishery Board Scotl. 1902: Pt. III in Parl. Papers (Cd. 1545) XIV. 1 These [sacs] evidently contain the germs of the five pairs of pereiopoda, or true ambulating legs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1716
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