amble

前缀ambi-, 两边，周围。周围走走。

amble

amble: [14] The ultimate source of amble (and of perambulator [17], and thus of its abbreviation pram [19]) is the Latin verb ambulāre ‘walk’. This was a compound verb, formed from the prefix ambi- (as in AMBIDEXTROUS) and the base *el- ‘go’, which also lies behind exile and alacrity [15] (from Latin alacer ‘lively, eager’, a compound of the base *el- and ācer ‘sharp’ – source of English acid).

Latin ambulāre developed into Provençal amblar, which eventually reached English via Old French ambler. At first the English word was used for referring to a particular (leisurely) gait of a horse, and it was not until the end of the 16th century that it began to be used of people.
=> acid, alacrity, exile, perambulator

amble (v.)

early 14c., from Old French ambler "walk as a horse does," from Latin ambulare "to walk, to go about, take a walk," perhaps a compound of ambi- "around" (see ambi-) and -ulare, from PIE root *el- "to go" (cognates: Greek ale "wandering," alaomai "wander about;" Latvian aluot "go around or astray"). Until 1590s used only of horses or persons on horseback. Related: Ambled; ambling. As a noun, from late 14c.

1. The horse is walking at an amble.

这匹马正在溜蹄行走. vi漫步;缓驰;从容进行

2. He was coming along at an amble.

他以缓慢的步子走来.

3. Let's go for an amble.

我们去散步 吧.

4. Every evening, they amble along the bank.

每天晚上, 他们都沿着江边悠闲地散步.

5. Leakey is an infant , but old enough to amble through the canopy on his own.

利基虽然是一个幼龄猩猩, 但它也能在属于它自己的丛林上漫步.