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单词 walkabout
释义
walkabout
noun
UKinformal
uk
/ˈwɔː.kə.baʊt/us
/ˈwɑː.kə.baʊt/
[C]
anoccasionwhen animportantpersonwalksaround apublicplace,meetingandtalkingtomembersof thepublic:
（重要人物的）现身公众场合，出巡
Theprincesswent ona walkabout in thetowncentre.公主现身市中心和民众交谈。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Walking and walkers
  • bring/callsomething/someoneto heelidiom
  • cavalcade
  • constitutional
  • foot traffic
  • heel
  • hiker
  • hiking
  • hoof itidiom
  • rambler
  • retread
  • shanks's pony
  • sleepwalk
  • sleepwalking
  • somnambulate
  • stretch
  • walkable
  • walkies
  • walking
  • walking pole
  • walking stick
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[CorU]Australian English
alongjourneyby an AustralianAboriginal,especiallyonfootforculturalreasons:
Theymeetanaborigineboyonritualwalkabout away from histribe.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Walking and walkers
  • bring/callsomething/someoneto heelidiom
  • cavalcade
  • constitutional
  • foot traffic
  • heel
  • hiker
  • hiking
  • hoof itidiom
  • rambler
  • retread
  • shanks's pony
  • sleepwalk
  • sleepwalking
  • somnambulate
  • stretch
  • walkable
  • walkies
  • walking
  • walking pole
  • walking stick
See more results »

Idiom

go walkabout
(Definition ofwalkaboutfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
walkabout
noun[C]
UKinformal
uk
/ˈwɔː.kə.baʊt/us
/ˈwɑː.kə.baʊt/
anoccasionwhen animportantpersonwalksaround apublicplace,meetingandtalkingtomembersof thepublic
（重要人物的）现身公众场合，出巡
Theprincesswent ona walkabout in thetowncentre.公主现身市中心和民众交谈。

Idiom

go walkabout

Examplesofwalkabout

walkabout
To facilitate this, awalkaboutsawmill is lent to the group by the sponsoring agency.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A media event such as a"walkabout" portrays a media subservient to the political actor.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She brightens our lives on great ceremonial occasions, which we in this country manage to perfection, and also on informal occasions, such as walkabouts in shopping centres.
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I went on a number of walkabouts in my constituency around the shopping centres, expecting to meet shoppers who would talk to me about the increase in food prices.
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I am satisfied that there was no malice whatsoever in their action, which resulted from an excess of seasonal spirit and a mischievouswalkabout.
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The last farm we shall visit in this sort ofwalkaboutis a farmhouse which does not have any water at all.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The cash had been lost or had gonewalkabout.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What happens if the operator has gonewalkaboutor bust and is no longer there?
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Walkaboutalso runs its own coffee house with a different featured folk music performer each month.
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She later continued herwalkaboutwith a police escort.
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Thewalkabouthas a basic walking animation with the ability to stand, sit, or lie down.
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After meeting with veterans, their firstwalkaboutas a couple was considered unhurried, as they were 10 minutes late for their next appearance.
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The journey becomes awalkaboutfor the boys when they become lost.
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Wikipedia
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