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词汇 ambling
释义 ambling
present participle ofamble
amble
verb[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
uk /ˈæm.bəl/ us /ˈæm.bəl/
to walk in a slow and relaxed way: 漫步,缓行
He was ambling along the beach.他沿着沙滩漫步。
She ambled down the street, stopping occasionally to look in the shop windows.她沿街慢行,不时停下来打量商店橱窗里的商品。
Synonym
moseyinformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to walk
walkThe baby has just learned to walk.
strideShe strode purposefully up to the desk and demanded to speak to the manager.
marchHe marched right in to the office and demanded to see the governor.
strollWe strolled along the beach.
wanderShe wandered from room to room, not sure of what she was looking for.
ambleShe ambled down the street, looking in shop windows.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to move slowly
crawlThere'd been a bad accident on the motorway and traffic was crawling.
trundleLorries trundle through the narrow lanes.
creepHe crept downstairs, hardly making any noise.
trudgeThey trudged wearily through the snow.
strollWe spent the afternoon strolling around Budapest.
ambleHe ambled over to the window.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving gently on foot
amble
blow
circulate
dumbwalking
flâneur
gently
mincing
mincingly
mooch
mosey
pad
paseo
plod
potter
promenade
stroll
stroller
tippy
tiptoe
wander

Examples of ambling


ambling

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


For example, "to amble" is a troponym of "to walk" because ambling is a particular manner of walking.
For example, "to amble" is a troponym of "to walk," because ambling is a particular manner of walking.
It means that instead of ambling aimlessly towards defeat they will now be led vigorously to defeat at the next election.
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That is happening in the case of every sinking shaft, and every one is just ambling along towards completion because of fundamentally bad planning.
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Just to jog along at this ambling pace is not enough.
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One sometimes sees men ambling along on sticks or walking very slowly because they suffer from this dread disease of pneumoconiosis or one of its allied diseases.
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An average length back still allows a horse to perform ambling gaits, though a very short-coupled horse usually can only perform the trot.
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Ambling gaits are further distinguished by the timing and cadence of the footfall pattern.
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Impulsion occurs in all gaits: the walk, the trot, and the canter and even the ambling gaits of gaited horses.
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Suddenly, he is ambling down a long corridor drawn towards a woman's voice lamenting her lost love.
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Not all horses can perform an ambling gait.
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The breed exhibits a natural ambling gait, called the single-foot, which replaces the trot seen in a majority of horse breeds.
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Soon, the tiger was seen ambling slowly ahead of them.
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This majestic predator can be spotted ambling or basking under the sun.
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In most gaited breeds, an ambling gait is a hereditary trait.
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