单词 | rove |
释义 | rove I. past of rive II. 1. or roove 2. III. intransitive verb 1. 2. a. < criminals … roving about freely without either arrest or custodial restraint — H.E.Barnes > < members … roved restlessly from one committee meeting to another — Allan Nevins > b. < at first he did not follow her, his thoughts had roved so far — Ellen Glasgow > < feebly his glance roved over the figures by the bed — Mary Austin > 3. obsolete a. < from that mark how far they rove — John Milton > b. c. 4. archaic < rove for a perch with a minnow — Izaak Walton > 5. dialect Britain transitive verb < permit their progeny … to rove the forest — S.H.Adams > < letting her eyes rove the room as if she were planning … its decoration — Jean Stafford > < saw the searchlights roving the sky — Howard Hunt > IV. < a sidelong rove of the eye — A.L.Kroeber > V. obsolete VI. past of reeve VII. VIII. |
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