“gallivanting”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

gallivanting

释义

▪ I. gallivanting, vbl. n.|ˌgælɪˈvæntɪŋ, ˈgælɪvætɪŋ|
[f. gallivant v. + -ing¹.]
The action of the verb.
1826Scott Jrnl. 9 Feb., If we had been so [in retreat] last year, instead of gallivanting to Ireland, this affair might not have befallen.1839Thackeray Fatal Boots (1869) 354, I have given up gallivanting, as I call it.1869Trollope He Knew xv. (1878) 83 It don't mean much, only just idle talking and gallivanting.1884Punch 16 Feb. 76/1 This comes of gallivanting round with Emperors, Kings, Prime Ministers, and Poet-Laureates.
▪ II. galliˈvanting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing².]
That gads about, or flirts.
1819‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 18 But does that gallivanting god Deign to give Taylor answering nod?1865Dickens Mut. Fr. iii. i, You can't be a gallivanting dodger.1884Harper's Mag. Aug. 327/1 A lone lorn wife of many a galivanting husband.

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