单词 | rambler |
释义 | ramblern. 1. A person who or animal which rambles, in various senses. In later use (chiefly British): a person who walks for pleasure through the countryside, frequently in company and on a specified route.A number of rambling clubs had formed in the U.K. by the late 1880s. The Ramblers' Association was created in 1935 (formerly the National Council of Ramblers' Federations). ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wanderer striker1393 roamerc1400 wandererc1440 whirlerc1440 gangrela1450 fluttererc1450 straggler1530 gadlinga1542 ranger1560 rover1568 fugitive1570 rangler1575 fleeter1581 extravagant1583 scatterling1590 vagranta1592 rambler1624 erratic1669 stravaiger1821 multivagant1895 society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > [noun] > one going on foot > for exercise or recreation > rambler or hiker rambler1888 hiker1913 Wandervogel1928 trekker1932 tramper1960 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for Gospell? To Rdr. sig.❧3v Who is able to possesse his Soule, or containe his pen in patience: that hath to doe with..such rake-shames, and rake-hels, as these ramblers are? a1640 P. Massinger Parl. of Love (1976) iv. iii. 12 My yonge rambler That thought to cheate mee..I haue in the toyle already. 1691 J. Dunton Voy. round World I. 16 What was his Son the great Alcides too, But a meer Rambler, like the wandring Jew? 1750 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 17 Oct. (1966) II. 467 You will think me a great Rambler, being at present far distant from the date of my last Letter. 1785 Times 12 Oct. 2/4 You say that I'm an arrant gambler. I, in return, say you're a rambler. 1808 W. Scott Marmion i. xxvi. 48 I love such holy ramblers. 1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 207/2 It collects all ramblers and gamblers. 1854 H. MacDonald Rambles round Glasgow iii. 53 We would recommend ramblers..to take the bed of the burn at this place, and follow its course to the vicinity of the church. 1888 C. F. Wardley (title) The rambler's guide to Buxton and neighbourhood, specially compiled for pedestrians. 1932 Ramblers' Federation Handbk. III. 15 Many ramblers have made acquaintance with the Batham Gate on visits to the Peak Forest district. 1949 B. O'Reilly Green Mountain 24 A tiny night rambler in our timber is the dormouse possum. 1977 Times 5 Oct. 14/5 The animal is..in a very unsuitable field and frightening the wits out of innocent ramblers. 2002 Adventure Trav. Mar.–Apr. 85/1 The Lake District, Mecca for diehard tweed-clad ramblers and coach loads of blue rinsers in search of Beatrix Potter whimsy is hardly wild, even by the British standards. 2. Any of a group of garden roses, often hybrids of Rosa wichuraiana and R. multiflora, that produce long, flexible, scrambling or climbing canes and typically a single flush of small flowers in large clusters. Frequently attributive, esp. in rambler rose. Cf. rambling adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > rose and allied flowers > rose > types of rose flower or bush summer rosea1456 French rose1538 damask rose?a1547 musk rose1559 province1562 winter rose1577 Austrian brier1590 rose of Provence1597 velvet rose1597 damasine-rose1607 Provence rose1614 blush-rose1629 maiden's blush1648 monthly rose tree1664 Provinsa1678 York and Lancaster rose1688 cinnamon rose1699 muscat rose1707 cabbage rose1727 China-rose1731 old-fashioned rose1773 moss rose1777 swamp rose1785 alba1797 Cherokee rose1804 Macartney rose1811 shepherd's rose1818 multiflora1820 prairie rose1822 Boursault1826 Banksian rose1827 maiden rose1827 moss1829 Noisette1829 seven sisters rose1830 Dundee rambler1834 Banksia rose1835 Chickasaw rose1835 Bourbon1836 climbing rose1836 green rose1837 hybrid China1837 Jaune Desprez1837 Lamarque1837 perpetual1837 pillar rose1837 rambler1837 wax rose1837 rugosa1840 China1844 Manetti1846 Banksian1847 remontant1847 gallica1848 hybrid perpetual1848 Persian Yellow1848 pole rose1848 monthly1849 tea rose1850 quarter sessions rose1851 Gloire de Dijon1854 Jacqueminot1857 Maréchal Niel1864 primrose1864 jack1867 La France1868 tea1869 Ramanas rose1876 Japanese rose1883 polyantha1883 old rose1885 American Beauty1887 hybrid tea1890 Japan rose1895 roselet1896 floribunda1898 Zéphirine Drouhin1901 Penzance briar1902 Dorothy Perkins1903 sweetheart1905 wichuraiana1907 mermaid1918 species rose1930 sweetheart rose1936 peace1944 shrub rose1948 1837 T. Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide 43 Dundee Rambler is..one of the best. 1895 Westm. Gaz. 16 July 4/3 The Queen..inspected the new crimson rambler rose. 1914 W. C. McCollom Vines & how to grow Them xiii. 147 The grand foliage and long-flowering season of the roses of the Wichuraiana type of climbing rose, renders it far preferable to the rambler type, although the ramblers are more showy when in flower. 1973 G. Bromley Chance to Poison iv. 58 A fair-sized lawn surrounded by..a few ramblers tied up to poles. 1992 Encycl. Gardening (Royal Hort. Soc.) 120/3 Ramblers have more flexible shoots than climbers and are easier to train along complex structures. 3. U.S. A (usually single-storey) suburban house; a ranch house. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > a house > types of house > [noun] > house of specific shape or style hall-house1467 longhouse1643 bungalow1676 single housea1684 tower-house1687 villa1755 box1773 cottage orné1774 villarette1792 mews1805 cottage1808 terrace house1817 casita1822 villa dwelling1833 villa residence1833 box-house1846 six-roomer1853 terrace1854 tembe1860 moat house1871 parlour house1871 row house1871 salt-box1876 trullo1898 townhouse1900 colonial1903 semi1912 Cape Cod1916 bungaloid1927 semi-detached1928 ranchette1938 solar house1946 rambler1947 rancher1950 ranch1951 tunnel-back1957 sidesplit1958 two-up-and-two-downer1958 two-up two-down1958 semi-det1960 A-frame1963 townhouse1965 tri-level1965 link house1968 split1970 dormer bungalow1977 1947 Washington Post 6 June b14 (advt.) This home with all the charm of the English rambler is now available. 1959 P. Frank Alas, Babylon vi. 116 A few years later they built a comfortable six-room rambler and started landscaping the grounds. 1975 P. Moyes Black Widower ii. 20 She would not have traded their tiny frame house..for a modern split-level rambler in any smart suburban development. 2006 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 176/3 To stand in front of his parents' tiny wood-frame rambler, at 505 Texas Place..is to get a sense of the distance. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1624 |
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