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单词 peregrination
释义 per·e·gri·na·tion
\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin peregrination-, peregrinatio, from peregrinatus (past. participle of peregrinari) + -ion-, -io -ion
1.
 a. : an act of traveling or traversing
  < stopped a moment in his peregrination of the room — J.C.Snaith >
 especially : foreign travel
 b. : an excursion especially on foot or to a foreign country : journey, travel — usually used in plural
  < his anthropological peregrinations took him into the hylean Amazon >
  < desire to promote national sentiment through the peregrinations of the Supreme Court justices maintained the circuit riding system — Felix Frankfurter >
  < built great boats for his posthumous peregrinations — J.D.Hillaby >
 c. obsolete
  (1) : a stay in a foreign country : sojourn, exile
  (2) : the period of man's life on earth
   < pray that God would pour down upon us graces for our peregrination here — John Donne >
2. : a widely ranging discourse or treatment
 < an unevenly rambling intellectual peregrination — Jacob Hammer >
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