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ramble

verb
🔊/ˈræmbl/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they ramble
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he / she / it rambles
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past simple rambled
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past participle rambled
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-ing form rambling
🔊/ˈræmblɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (especially British English) to walk for pleasure, especially in the countryside漫游，漫步，闲逛（尤指在乡间）
    • We spent the summer rambling in Ireland.我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。🔊🔊
    • You can ramble through some beautiful countryside in the area.您可以漫步在该地区一些美丽的乡村中。
    Topics Hobbiesc2
  2. [intransitive] to talk about somebody/something in a confused way, especially for a long time漫谈；闲聊；东拉西扯
    • He had lost track of what he was saying and began to ramble.他忘了自己的话题，开始瞎扯起来。🔊🔊
    • ramble (on) (about somebody/something) What is she rambling on about now?她现在又在东拉西扯些什么呀？🔊🔊
  3. [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of plants植物) to grow in many different directions, especially over other plants or objects蔓生；攀附生长
    • Climbing plants rambled over the front of the house.攀缘植物贴着房子正面的墙到处疯长。🔊🔊
    4. see also rambling
    Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense ‘wander about on heat’, also to the noun ram.

ramble

noun
🔊/ˈræmbl/
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  1. (especially British English) a long walk for pleasure漫步；散步
    • to go for a ramble in the country去乡间散步
    • We went for a ramble over the moors.我们去荒野漫步。
    Topics Hobbiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • country
    • nature
    verb + ramble
    • go for
    • go on
    preposition
    • on a ramble
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  2. a long confused speech or piece of writing杂乱无章的长篇大论
    • She went into a long ramble about the evils of television.她开始东拉西扯地大谈电视的弊端。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (2)): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense ‘wander about on heat’, also to the noun ram.