单词 | nomadize |
释义 | nomadizev. 1. intransitive. To lead a nomadic life; to live as a nomad. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [verb (intransitive)] nomadize1799 society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [verb (intransitive)] > with no fixed aim or wander > like gypsies or nomads nomadize1799 gypsy1921 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 100 The Tunguses..nomadize about the coasts of the Eastern-ocean. 1842 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 203 They have occupied..or rather nomadised over contiguous regions from immemorial times. 1873 F. G. Burnaby Ride to Khiva xvi. 150 The tribes which nomadised on the Sam. 1939 Man 39 194/2 The Khingan Tungus have dogs, horses with which they nomadize, and..and very occasionally sheep and goats. 1950 Man 50 157/1 The Karesuando Mountain Lapps..nomadize in Sweden, grazing their reindeer in the forests and hillsides near the village of Karesuando. 1996 Sunday Times (Nexis) 24 Nov. (Features section) If you're going to get a sense of whole culture, you've got to nomadise from one to the other. 2. transitive. To make (an area or person) nomadic in character; to live in (an area) in a nomadic manner. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > race > nomads > [verb (transitive)] gypsifya1627 nomadize1902 1902 D. G. Hogarth Nearer East 156 The incomers ‘nomadised’ the south-east. 1910 National Geographic Mag. Oct. 846/1 It is not the people who have nomadized the land, but the land which has nomadized the people. 1970 Current Anthropol. 11 123/1 A few remaining Pintubi still nomadize their nearly empty country in a reasonably traditional pattern. 1995 Observer (Nexis) 18 June 8 If you are a sales or service rep, a consultant, or have a job where there is a significant amount of time in the field, you may one day soon be nomadised. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1799 |
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