| 单词 | peregrinate |
| 释义 | peregrinate (once / 11714 pages) v People who peregrinate are constantly on the move, traveling from one location to another. You might peregrinate from Italy to Spain to France during your European backpacking trip. The most common way to peregrinate is on foot, wandering from place to place, as when you decide to peregrinate around your city's various neighborhoods pretending you're a tourist. The word is a bit old fashioned these days, and it was first used in the late 16th century, taken from the Latin peregrinatus, "traveled abroad," or figuratively "wandered or roamed," from peregrinus, "foreign." WORD FAMILYperegrinate: peregrinated, peregrinates, peregrinating, peregrination+/peregrination: peregrinations USAGE EXAMPLESThe movement has even peregrinated into popular music. Wall Street Journal(Nov 29, 2015) But I seem to travel, to peregrinate, less and less—and I am reduced to living on my past accumulations. James, Henry, The Letters of Henry James (volume...(2012) I sometimes go to Windsor, and the very next one I shall peregrinate over to Eton on the chance of a sight of his portrait. James, Henry, The Letters of Henry James, Vol. II(2011) v travel around, through, or over, especially on foot peregrinate the bridge Hyper jaunt, travel, trip make a trip for pleasure |
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