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amble
['æmbl]
n. 态, 缓

vi. , 容漫

  1. A shackle used to teach a horse to amble.
    匹缓束缚装置
  2. Every evening, they amble along the bank.
    都沿着悠闲
  3. Leakey is an infant, but old enough to amble through the canopy on his own.
    幼龄猩猩,但自己




amble
[ noun ]
  1. a leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

  2. <noun.act>
[ verb ]
  1. walk leisurely

  2. <verb.motion> mosey




Amble \Am"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ambled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ambling}.] [F. ambler to amble, fr. L. ambulare to walk, in
LL., to amble, perh. fr. amb-, ambi-, and a root meaning to
go: cf. Gr. ? to go, E. base. Cf. {Ambulate}.]
1. To go at the easy gait called an amble; -- applied to the
horse or to its rider.

2. To move somewhat like an ambling horse; to go easily or
without hard shocks.

The skipping king, he ambled up and down. --Shak.

Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily. --Shak.


Amble \Am"ble\, n.
1. A peculiar gait of a horse, in which both legs on the same
side are moved at the same time, alternating with the legs
on the other side. ``A fine easy amble.'' --B. Jonson.

2. A movement like the amble of a horse.