單詞
gallivant
英 ['g?l?v?nt; ,g?l?'v?nt]
基本信息
- vi. 閑逛；與異性閑蕩
詞態變化
第三人稱單數:?gallivants;過去式:?gallivanted;過去分詞:?gallivanted;現在分詞:?gallivanting;
中文詞源
gallivant 閑游
來自gallant的拼寫變體，詞源同will, 即按照自己的意愿行事的，閑游的。
英文詞源
- gallivant (v.)
- "gad about, spend time in frivolous pleasure-seeking, especially with the opposite sex," 1809, of uncertain origin, perhaps a playful elaboration of gallant in an obsolete verbal sense of "play the gallant, flirt, gad about." Related: Gallivanted; gallivanting.
Young Lobski said to his ugly wife,
"I'm off till to-morrow to fish, my life;"
Says Mrs. Lobski, "I'm sure you a'nt",
But you brute you are going to gallivant."
What Mrs. Lobski said was right,
Gay Mr. Lobski was out all night.
He ne'er went to fish, 'tis known very well
But where he went I shall not tell.
["Songs from the Exile," in "Literary Panorama," London, 1809]
雙語例句
- 1. They shall spend less time gallivant about and more with their children.
- 他們應少到各處游蕩,多用些時間照看子女.
來自互聯網
- 2. We have no time to gallivant about.
- 我們沒有時間到處閑逛.
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