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词汇 roved
释义 roved
past simple and past participle ofrove
rove
verb[ I+ adv/prep, T ]
uk /rəʊv/ us /roʊv/
to move or travel around an area, especially a large one: 漫游,流浪;(眼睛)环顾,扫视
Some vets spend their time roving around in a truck tending to horses and cattle.
And now a live report from our roving reporter, Martin Jackson.下面是我们的流动记者马丁‧杰克逊发回的现场报道。
He spent most of his life roving the world in search of his fortune.他大半生的时间都在世界各处游荡,寻找发财的机会。
Synonyms
roam(MOVE AROUND)
wander(MOVE AROUND)
If someone's hands or eyes rove, they touch or look in many different places, especially in a sexual way or when they should not do this:
She let her hands rove over his smooth hard muscles.
By his own admission he had a roving eye and was easily infatuated.
He was mostly quiet along the way, eyes roving the shore.
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General words for movement

Examples of roved


roved

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


This was, however, interspersed with alternative convictions, that they roved abroad in physical form.
Yet during the last two or three hours the discussion has roved over every conceivable question both of political and religious importance.
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The carded fibres were combed, drawn, slubbed and roved- they were then ready to be spun.
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Clarke roved around the region acting as overseer of the department's operations.
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Heckman described the songs as pieces roved through unusual metric territory, with explosive accents bursting out of the rhythmic flow.
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