单词 | bummel |
释义 | bummeln. A leisurely stroll or journey; a wander, a saunter. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > leisurely bummel1900 1900 J. K. Jerome (title) Three men on the bummel. 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel xiv. 327 A ‘Bummel’..I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end. 1947 F. Smythe Again Switzerland x. 187 It is an easy mountain..a ski runner's ‘bummel’. 2012 Guardian 18 Aug. 9 The book is not so much a story as a saunter—or perhaps a bummel. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). bummelv. intransitive. To stroll or wander around in a leisurely way. Also: to laze about. Frequently with about, around. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > leisurely or idly raik?c1350 troll1377 spacea1425 jet1530 spacierc1550 snaffle1611 spatiate1626 saunter1671 stroll1680 trollopa1745 dangle1778 doiter1793 stroam1796 browse1803 soodle1821 potter1824 streek1827 streel1839 pasear1840 toddle1848 bummel1900 1900 J. K. Jerome Three Men on Bummel xiii. 284 He..lays out his time bummelling, beer drinking, and fighting. 1909 Daily Chron. 24 July 6/4 Hitherto it has been the proud prerogative of males [in Berlin] to ‘bummel’ (loaf). 1952 H. W. Tilman Nepal Himalaya ii. xviii. 212 I had already been ‘bummeling’ about Nepal for five months. 1971 Listener 8 Apr. 449/3 I grew used to bummelling around the Bond Street dealers and fetching up for tea at the National Gallery or the Tate. 2005 Sewanee Rev. 113 454 He felt at ease among us, ‘bummeling’ about in our Oldsmobile. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1900v.1900 |
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