单词 | globe-trot |
释义 | globe-trotv. intransitive. To engage in globetrotting. Also transitive (rare). ΘΚΠ society > travel > [verb (intransitive)] > travel in or to foreign lands to go abroad1641 globe-trot1883 1883 Manch. Guardian 6 June 6/1 He drives from London to York..and is amusing; he globetrots and is not amusing. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. 180 Nothing nowadays is easier and safer than to ‘globe~trot’ round the world. 1928 Observer 8 Apr. 5/7 You are never instructed, never globe-trotted. 1970 Oxf. Univ. Press Record xv. 3 Bill Waterfield..globe-trotted for several years after reading Botany at University College. 1998 N.Y. Mag. 2 Feb. 88/2 Desmond Morris' The Human Sexes..encourages the best-selling zoologist and media hammy to globe-trot and babble for six hours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1883 |
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