Word · Frequency #24007
roved
漫游；流浪；游遍
roved is the past of rove.
to wander or travel around, especially over a wide area; to wander through a place
作“漫游”解时可接地点宾语，如 rove the woods。
- 1.
To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
漫游,或随意游荡,尤其是在广阔的区域
- 2.
To roam or wander through.
漫游或穿越
- 3.
To card wool or other fibres.
梳理羊毛或其他纤维
- 4.
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
轻微扭转；将羊毛或棉花条轻微扭转后纺纱
- 5.
To draw through an eye or aperture.
穿过孔或眼
- 6.
To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.
将两条犁沟的土翻合在一起形成垄
- 7.
To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.
在海上进行抢劫；作为海盗在海上航行
梳理（羊毛等纤维）；预捻；搓条；穿入（孔眼）；合垄；犁成垄；在海上抢劫；做海盗
In use
After retiring, he decided to rove around Europe with a backpack.
The wolf roved through the forest in search of prey.
She has been roving from town to town, never settling down.
Verb forms
base rove · third person roves · -ing roving · past roved · past participle roved
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- rove the streets
- 在街头游荡
- He roved the streets looking for his lost dog.他在街头四处寻找走失的狗。
- rove around
- 到处漫游；闲逛
- We spent the afternoon roving around the old town.我们在老城区逛了一下午。
- rove far and wide
- 四处漫游；走遍各地
- The naturalist roved far and wide collecting plant specimens.这位博物学家四处漫游，采集植物标本。
- roving eye
- 四处留情的目光；好色的眼神
- Her husband has a roving eye and flirts with every woman he meets.她丈夫目光总爱在女人身上打转，见谁跟谁调情。
- roving reporter
- 巡回记者；流动记者
- He works as a roving reporter for an international news agency.他在一家国际通讯社担任巡回记者。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想 rove 与 roam 同首字母且都含“漫游”义，把 v 想成弯曲的小路，暗示随意游荡。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、poetry、formal written English “rove”表示“漫游”时多用于文学或正式书面语，带有诗意色彩；日常口语中较少见。
Grammar Note
该动词既可用于及物也可用于不及物。
Pronunciation & Spelling
rove 读 /rəʊv/，与 cove、wove、grove 押韵（/əʊv/）。注意 love、glove、above 也以 -ove 结尾，但读 /ʌv/，与 rove 不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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