rove the streets
collocation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。
漫游；流浪；游遍
roving — present participle of rove
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漫游；流浪；游遍
to wander or travel around, especially over a wide area; to wander through a place
After retiring, he decided to rove around Europe with a backpack.
退休后，他决定背着背包漫游欧洲。
作“漫游”解时可接地点宾语，如 rove the woods。
漫游,或随意游荡,尤其是在广阔的区域
To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.
漫游或穿越
To roam or wander through.
梳理羊毛或其他纤维
To card wool or other fibres.
轻微扭转；将羊毛或棉花条轻微扭转后纺纱
To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.
rove
Base
原形
roves
3rd person
第三人称单数
roving
-ing
现在分词
roved
Past
过去式
roved
Past participle
过去分词
He roves through the forest every weekend.
他每个周末都穿行于森林中。
They roved across the desert last summer.
他们去年夏天穿越了沙漠。
The cat is roving around the neighborhood.
那只猫正在附近闲逛。
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
The wolf roved through the forest in search of prey.
那只狼在森林里游荡寻找猎物。
She has been roving from town to town, never settling down.
她一直在各个城镇间流浪，从未安定下来。
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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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
对异性四处留情的倾向；花心
She left him because he had a roving eye.
她离开了他，因为他总爱拈花惹草。
自由行动的授权；无须请示便可自行处理的职务
The detective was given a roving commission to investigate the case across the country.
这名侦探被授予了一项在全国范围内自主调查此案的权限。
所以我们不再漫游，一直到如此深夜。
Too restless to stay home, he roved the countryside all summer.
他太不安分而无法待在家里，整个夏天都在乡间漫游。
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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。
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。
该动词既可用于及物也可用于不及物。
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