| 单词 | rambling |
| 释义 | rambling (once / 1724 pages) adj The adjective rambling means confused and long-winded, the way you could describe your grandfather's endless rambling stories of his childhood. Rambling always means indirect and a little confusing, which can be a negative quality in a classroom lecture or movie plot — but when you're talking about a path through the woods, rambling is a charming way to describe it. You might love to hike through the woods on rambling trails that twist and turn. Rambling comes from the verb ramble, "walk or stroll," which is a variant on the older verb romen, "to walk, or to go," and related to "roam." WORD FAMILYrambling: ramblingly+/ramble: rambled, rambler, rambles, rambling/rambler: ramblers USAGE EXAMPLESI spent the next few weeks writing long, rambling stream-of-consciousness journals in an effort to find the answer to his question. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Tossed into the back of a police car, “I launched into a rambling explanation and they decided I was not worth keeping,” she said. New York Times(Dec 12, 2016) Perhaps it is time to imagine the atmospheric commons as a space for public rambling and exploration with drones, balloons, satellites and as-yet-unforeseen flying objects. The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016) 1adj spreading out in different directions Syn sprawling, straggling, straggly untidy not neat and tidy 2adj winding or meandering rambling forest paths Syn meandering, wandering, winding indirect not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination 3adj (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects a rambling speech about this and that Syn digressive, discursive, excursive indirect extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action |
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