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go rambling
此义项为不可数名词，指轻松的徒步活动，go rambling 是常见搭配。
On weekends, they go rambling in the countryside.
周末他们去乡下远足。
无主题的冗长谈话；漫无边际的闲聊
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
无主题的冗长谈话；漫无边际的闲聊
A long, meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
On weekends, they go rambling in the countryside.
周末他们去乡下远足。
漫无边际的冗长谈话
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
轻松的徒步
A gentle hike.
After an hour of his rambling, I still had no idea what he was trying to say.
他漫无边际地讲了一个小时后，我还是不知道他想说什么。
The landlord's ramblings about the weather finally ended when the phone rang.
房东关于天气的絮叨终于在电话响起时停了下来。
Stop your rambling and give me a straight answer.
别再说那些漫无边际的话了，直接回答我。
此义项为不可数名词，指轻松的徒步活动，go rambling 是常见搭配。
On weekends, they go rambling in the countryside.
周末他们去乡下远足。
复数形式 ramblings 指冗长而无重点的谈话。
His ramblings about the conspiracy lasted all night.
他关于那个阴谋的漫无边际的谈话持续了一整夜。
该结构用 of 引出说话人，语气常带贬义；与 sb's ramblings 意思相近。
The email read like the ramblings of a confused student.
那封电子邮件读起来像一个困惑学生的天南地北的胡言乱语。
Not this
I went for a rambling in the countryside.
Use this
I went rambling in the countryside.
‘rambling’表示轻松的徒步时是不可数活动名词，常用‘go + -ing’结构，不能说‘go for a + rambling’。
Not this
He told me his rambling about his childhood.
Use this
He told me his ramblings about his childhood.
当‘rambling’指漫无边际的冗长谈话或话语时，习惯用复数形式‘ramblings’来表示具体的一段段话语，单数‘rambling’不用于指可数的谈话内容。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
去乡间徒步
On Sundays we often go rambling in the hills.
星期天我们经常去山里徒步。
徒步俱乐部
She joined a local rambling club to explore the countryside.
她加入了一个当地的徒步俱乐部，去探索乡村。
开始徒步这项活动
After retiring, he took up rambling to stay fit.
退休后，他开始徒步以保持健康。
语无伦次的长篇大论
His speech was mostly incoherent ramblings about the old days.
他的发言大多是关于往日时光的语无伦次的长篇大论。
醉后的胡言乱语
I ignored his drunken ramblings at the party.
我没有理会他在聚会上的醉后胡言乱语。
疯子的胡言乱语
The letter read like the ramblings of a madman.
那封信读起来像疯子的胡言乱语。
Use rambling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
可拆成 ram(公羊)+bling(闪亮)来记：一只闪亮的公羊四处乱走、嘴里唠叨不停，同时记住徒步和冗长谈话两种意思。
语域：mixed 常见场景：日常闲谈、英式乡间徒步 该词作名词时有两个常见含义：表示“漫无边际的冗长谈话”时多用于非正式口语；表示“轻松的徒步”时常见于英式英语，语气中性。整体语域随具体含义有所变化，因此标注为混合。
表示'漫无边际的冗长谈话'时常用复数 ramblings；表示'轻松的徒步'时通常不可数。
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