| 单词 | roving disposition |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroving disposition b. In sense 2, as roving ambition, roving disposition, roving passion, etc.Often (esp. in later use) merging with roving adj. ΚΠ 1724 T. Salmon Rev. Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) I. 237 The King, it seems, was of a roving Disposition, ever give to change. 1819 W. Irving Sketch Bk. i. 9 It has been either my good or evil lot to have my roving passion gratified. 1892 Daily News 19 Feb. 7/4 A new sort of roving power had been obtained by the War Office under the Ranges Act. 1933 J. V. Allen Cowboy Lore i. 9 On the range an unruly cow or one with roving proclivities will often be necked or tied to a more tractable animal. 1992 Farmers Weekly 14 Aug. 66/4 We have noticed one or two nasty patches of couch grass..and decided to send the sprayer off on ‘roving mode’ to catch them before harvest. < as lemmas |
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