strolling
present participle ofstroll
| 单词 | strolling |
| 释义 | strolling present participle ofstroll stroll verb[I] uk/strəʊl/us/stroʊl/C1 towalkin aslowrelaxedway,especiallyforpleasure: We could stroll along thebeachafterdinner. Anelderlycouplestrolledhandinhandin thepark. Synonyms saunter walk(MOVE ON FOOT) to walk
to move slowly
Moving gently on foot
Examplesofstrollingstrolling In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We gaze at the atypically handsome couplestrollingthe beach at sunset : events for the remainder of the evening are left to the imagination. From theCambridge English Corpus As most of the population lived in rural areas, thesestrollingplayers would perform most frequently in this environment. From theCambridge English Corpus Ex-fighter informants would regularly make disapproving noises when they witnessed examples of these folkstrollingthrough town. From theCambridge English Corpus Depending upon the particular timing of these two streams of activity (strollingman, falling tile) the observed outcome will be radically different. From theCambridge English Corpus It should be noted, however, that there was a significant positive relationship between ' being on welfare ' and taking morning exercise orstrollingin the park. From theCambridge English Corpus Strollingalong a dust road which has a thick concentration of houses on both sides, a casual passer-by would regard the two villages as one. From theCambridge English Corpus To see the force of this point, we should ponder an example involving routine behavior such as one'sstrollingdown a pathway. From theCambridge English Corpus It lowered participation in four types (reading printed material, playing mahjong or cards, going out for breakfast, andstrollingon the street or shopping). From theCambridge English Corpus This would be a favourite area forstrollingand the celebration of civil ceremonies until the second half of the nineteenth century. From theCambridge English Corpus It is not a garden forstrollingin, but rather a 'nature space' to be contemplated from inside the chapel. From theCambridge English Corpus Utilising new technologies and exploring new avenues of creative potential becomes analogous tostrollingalone down a dark alley at midnight and fraught with similar dangers. From theCambridge English Corpus Suchstrollingplayers are recorded from the mid-fifteenth century but one might see, in the tradition of the makars and the ceilidh, something of a nascent or proto- theatricality. From theCambridge English Corpus They represented not obstruction but a group of rather elderly ladiesstrollingsedately over a pedestrian crossing engaged in animated discussion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The people were not being told anything, and the policeman was simplystrollingabout with the rest of the people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He drew it from the poorest of the poor, thestrollingplayers with their small plays and their music, which he brought into the courts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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