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词汇 perambulating
释义 perambulating
present participle ofperambulate
perambulate
verb[ I ]
 old useuk /pəˈræm.bjə.leɪt/ us /pəˈræm.bjə.leɪt/
to walk about for pleasure漫步,徜徉
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Examples of perambulating


perambulating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Recall involves perambulating, mentally, through the familiar 'places' to discover the individual images deposited in them that, by their striking quality, remind of what is to be said.
I may be allowed to protest against this system of perambulating pro-consuls.
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These perambulating chairmen are absolutely useless in the business of settling policy.
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That expresses perfectly the pious resignation of a perambulating mendicant.
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I am doubtful, certainly in peace-time, about having this system of perambulating proconsuls because you never quite know what the functions of such people are.
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If one can license a tramcar for this purpose, surely one can license one of these perambulating vans.
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It is said that it may be a perambulating machine, a machine taken from one small course to another.
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I was hoping the same process could be used to make perambulating on the ground safe as well.
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He described how one could follow a boundary, along streams and by orchards, and how it was always possible to find the line merely by perambulating round the countryside.
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We have cruisers, but it is difficult to find what cruisers are for, although it may be that for flag display they are an expensive form of perambulating diplomacy.
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Heres haporths, shouts the perambulating confectioner.
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