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单词 roving
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(roʊvɪŋ)
1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
You use roving to describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place.
...a roving reporter.
Left to raise themselves on the streets, these children form roving bands of delinquents.
2. 
See a roving eye

roving in British English

(ˈrəʊvɪŋ)
adjective
1. 
travelling around, rather than staying in a fixed place
roving armed bandits
roving bands of delinquents
Attractions include free face painting, street performers, and roving musicians.
troupes of roving court jesters
Within the fairgrounds, there are roving entertainers and events.
He now works as a roving ambassador for the Barbados Tourist Board.
2.  Australian Rules football
playing as a rover
a powerfully built roving forward
3.  have a roving eye
noun
4. 
the act of roving
unlimited roving in Corsica

roving in American English

(ˈroʊvɪŋ)
noun
1. 
the strand of twisted and drawn-out fibers of cotton, wool, silk, etc. from which yarns are made
2. 
the process of preparing such a strand
Word origin
< rove2

Examples of 'roving' in a sentence
roving

The nest was protected from the wind and from the eye of any roving hawk looking for an easy meal.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2001)
Rosa had her eyes closed, her gaze roving behind her lids.
Clive Barker SACRAMENT (2001)
It was he, she learned now, who had been the restlessly roving man in the commercial.
Smith, Evelyn E MISS MELVILLE REGRETS (2001)

In other languages
roving

British English: roving ADJECTIVE
You use roving to describe a person who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place.
...a roving reporter.
  • American English: roving
  • Brazilian Portuguese: errante
  • Chinese: > 流动的人
  • European Spanish: itinerante
  • French: itinérant
  • German: ohne festen Standort
  • Italian: itinerante
  • Japanese: 放浪する
  • Korean: 방랑하는
  • European Portuguese: errante
  • Latin American Spanish: itinerante

All related terms of 'roving'

rove
If someone roves about an area or roves an area, they wander around it.
a roving eye
If you say that someone has a roving eye , you are criticizing them for continually looking to start new sexual relationships .
roving reporter
a reporter who travels around, rather than staying in a fixed place
roving commission
authority or power given in a general area, without precisely defined terms of reference
have a roving eye
to show an amorous interest in many people
lunar rover
an electric-powered, four-wheeled, open vehicle used by astronauts to explore the surface of the moon
sea rover
a pirate ship
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