| 单词 | to move about |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto move about to move about intransitive. To change position continually; spec. to change one's place of residence repeatedly. ΚΠ 1653 Duchess of Newcastle Poems & Fancies 30 If Infinites of Worlds they must be plac'd At such a distance, as between lies waste. If they were joyned close, moving about, By justling they would push each other out. 1727 D. Defoe Ess. Hist. Apparitions v. 44 Souls which have been encas'd in Flesh, but being unhous'd are now moving about. 1751 Earl of Chatham Lett. to Nephew (1804) ii. 5 I have been moving about from place to place. 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall xxvi. 235 Mrs. Hannah moved about with starched dignity among the rustics. 1891 W. Morris News from Nowhere xxviii I must say that I don't like moving about from one home to another. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love v. 54 He had rooms in Nottingham... But often he was in London, or in Oxford. He moved about a great deal. 1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 277 Momma was moving about the sunstruck room. < as lemmas |
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