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a rambling [noun]
常用来描述建筑物布局散乱。
They bought a rambling old farmhouse.
他们买了一栋破旧蔓延的农舍。
冗长散漫的；漫无边际的
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冗长散漫的；漫无边际的
Long and disorganized, straying from the main point (of speech or writing).
They bought a rambling old farmhouse.
他们买了一栋破旧蔓延的农舍。
(讲话)漫无边际、冗长且离题
Of a speech: meandering, long and digressing.
混乱且无规律；笨拙
Confused and irregular; awkward.
蜿蜒曲折,方向不定
Winding irregularly in various directions.
向不同方向延伸
spreading out in different directions
The rambling old house had many rooms and corridors that seemed to go on forever.
那栋布局凌乱的老房子有许多房间和走廊，似乎永无止境。
His rambling speech touched on so many unrelated topics that it was hard to follow.
他漫无边际的演讲涉及了太多不相关的话题，让人难以跟上。
We got lost in the rambling paths of the huge park.
我们在那个大公园蜿蜒曲折的小路上迷路了。
常用来描述建筑物布局散乱。
They bought a rambling old farmhouse.
他们买了一栋破旧蔓延的农舍。
形容说话或文章缺乏条理。
Her speech was rambling.
她的演讲杂乱无章。
可用介词短语补充说明蔓延或散乱的范围。
He gave a rambling account of his journey through Europe.
他对他穿越欧洲的旅程做了一个冗长散乱的叙述。
Not this
She walked rambling down the street.
Use this
She walked ramblingly down the street.
错误使用了形容词'rambling'修饰动词'walked'，应改为副词'ramblingly'来修饰动作。
Not this
The rambling of the speech made it hard to follow.
Use this
The rambling speech made it hard to follow.
错误将形容词'rambling'误当作名词使用，应直接用'rambling'作为定语修饰'speech'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
漫无边际的讲话
The chairman's rambling speech went on for nearly an hour without a clear point.
主席漫无边际的讲话持续了近一个小时，却毫无要点。
冗长离题的独白
Her rambling monologue drifted from topic to topic, leaving the audience bored.
她冗长离题的独白从一个话题跳到另一个话题，令听众感到无聊。
杂乱冗长的信
He sent a rambling letter full of complaints and old memories.
他寄来一封杂乱冗长的信，满纸抱怨和旧事。
蜿蜒的小路
A rambling path led us through the woods to the lake.
一条蜿蜒的小路带我们穿过树林来到湖边。
布局零乱的旧宅
The rambling old house had rooms added on at different times.
这座布局零乱的旧宅在不同时期陆续加盖了房间。
蔓生蔷薇
A rambling rose covered the entire wall of the cottage.
一株蔓生蔷薇爬满了村舍的整面墙。
蔓生的玫瑰，蔓生的玫瑰，为何你四处漫游，无人知晓。（歌曲《Rambling Rose》中的歌词，比喻四处漂泊、无拘无束的人或事物）
We followed a rambling path through the countryside.
我们沿着一条蜿蜒曲折的小路穿过乡村。
他是一个四处漂泊、嗜赌成性的威利。（出自鲍勃·迪伦的歌曲《Rambling, Gambling Willie》，描述一个流浪的赌徒）
He led a rambling lifestyle, moving from town to town.
他过着漂泊的生活，从一个城镇搬到另一个城镇。
Use rambling naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一只公羊(ram)漫无目的地乱走，说话也东拉西扯，正好是 rambling 的感觉。
语域：neutral 常见场景：giving feedback on a speech、reviewing a long essay or article、informal conversation about someone's rambling story 该义项主要指说话或写文章漫无边际、冗长且容易跑题。它在正式和非正式场合都比较常见，多用于评价演讲、讲座、文章或日常聊天；语气偏中性，但常带有轻微的负面评价。
Only 'gambling' rhymes perfectly with 'rambling' (both end in /æmblɪŋ/). 'Trembling' has a different vowel (/ɛ/), and words like 'rumbling', 'stumbling', 'mumbling', 'bumbling' have the vowel /ʌ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.