knock around (sth)
—phrasal verbwithknockverbuk/nɒk/us/nɑːk/
informal(UKalsoknock about (sth))to be in aplacethat is notexactlyknownor invariousplacesespeciallyover alongperiodoftime
(某人长时间)漫游,游荡;(某物长时间)散置在(某处)
I'msureI've got acopyof "Lolita"knockingaroundsomewhere.我肯定我有一本《洛丽塔》在什么地方。
Hespentyearsknockingaround the FarEastbefore the First World War.一战前他在远东漫游了多年。