Word · Frequency #18456
rambling
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.
- 1.
A long meandering talk with no specific topic or direction.
漫无边际的冗长谈话
- 2.
A gentle hike.
轻松的徒步
轻松的远足；漫无边际的冗长谈话；轻松的徒步
In use
After an hour of his rambling, I still had no idea what he was trying to say.
The landlord's ramblings about the weather finally ended when the phone rang.
Stop your rambling and give me a straight answer.
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。
sb's ramblings
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。
the ramblings of sb
该结构用 of 引出说话人，语气常带贬义；与 sb's ramblings 意思相近。
Connections
Collocations
- go rambling
- 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。
- rambling club
- 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。
- take up rambling
- 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。
- incoherent ramblings
- 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。
- drunken ramblings
- 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。
- the ramblings of a madman
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Grammar Note
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正的同韵词：gambling /ˈɡæmblɪŋ/、ambling /ˈæmblɪŋ/、scrambling /ˈskræmblɪŋ/，都与 rambling 一样含 /æmblɪŋ/。拼写相似的 tumbling /ˈtʌmblɪŋ/、fumbling /ˈfʌmblɪŋ/（/ʌ/）和 trembling /ˈtremblɪŋ/（/e/）读音不同，并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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