人:走路或說話,都沒有固定路線
這一群最貼近核心畫面:由人自己決定往哪走、走多久、中途要不要轉彎。腳下的路和嘴上的話,遵守的是同一個規則。
noun · B2
Someone who goes walking in the countryside for pleasure, along paths, fields and hills, often for several hours and often with other people.
健行者;郊野漫步的人
One way to hold it: a rambler is whatever wanders. No fixed route, no hurry, and a turn taken wherever a turn appears. A person does it with their feet on a country path. A plant does it with long stems that climb whatever they touch. Speech can do it too, one thing leading to the next. The shared picture is not being lost; it is never having planned a straight line.
The packet gives the word as ramble plus -er, that is, one who rambles. The agent ending simply names the doer, so whatever ramble covers, rambler can name.
資料上寫著 rambler 來自 ramble 加上 -er,也就是「做 ramble 這件事的人/東西」。-er 只是把動作變成做動作的一方,所以 ramble 能講的範圍,rambler 大致都能接:走路、亂長、講話繞圈。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) 'rambler' etymology_text: From ramble + -er.
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人:走路或說話,都沒有固定路線
這一群最貼近核心畫面:由人自己決定往哪走、走多久、中途要不要轉彎。腳下的路和嘴上的話,遵守的是同一個規則。
noun · B2
Someone who goes walking in the countryside for pleasure, along paths, fields and hills, often for several hours and often with other people.
健行者;郊野漫步的人
東西:往四面八方鋪開
同樣是「沒有固定路線」,只是動作從走路換成長大、鋪開;走的不是人,是枝條或一棟房子的平面。
noun · C1
A plant, especially a rose, that grows long stems in many directions at once and spreads over walls, fences and other plants.
蔓生植物;蔓性玫瑰