词汇 | gadabout |
释义 | gadabout noun[ C ] old-fashionedhumorousuk /ˈɡæd.ə.baʊt/ us /ˈɡæd.ə.baʊt/ a person who goes out a lot and does not worry about other things they should be doing: 喜欢游乐不务正业的人 Where have you been, you young gadabout!你上哪儿去了,你这个不务正业的人! Being friends & getting to know them be on speaking termsidiom be/get in with someoneidiom be/live in each other's pocketsidiom befriend bonding build get on get on like a house on fireidiom go back a long wayidiom hang hang around with someone mix move pal up present pull pull something on rub score strike You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: People who enjoy pleasure Examples of gadaboutgadabout The famous-for-being-famous gadabout is not known for being particularly good at anything beyond taking flattering selfies. From International Business Times It's the little gray gadabout we come up from the station in the other evening. From Project Gutenberg In the calm of the twilight, the little gadabout takes to the fields, chirruping softly as he goes, cheering himself with song. From Project Gutenberg These spiritual "gadabouts" are shallow and skim the surface only. From Project Gutenberg This typical gadabout, light-minded, cynical little old woman with the girlish ways, was after all a big-hearted toiler in the vineyard. From Project Gutenberg Well, his wife was a gadabout woman and always jeering at him. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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