travel
v
(-ll-; US -l-)
1
(a) [I, Ipr, Ip, In/pr]
make a journey 行走; 行駛; 旅行; 游歷
I love (to go) travelling. 我喜歡旅行.
We travelled all over the country. 我們游遍全國各地.
She travels to work by bike. 她騎自行車去上班.
We travelled over by car. 我們是坐汽車去的.
We had been travelling (for) over a week. 那時我們已經走了一個多星期了.
(b) [Tn, Tn.pr]cover (a distance) in travelling; journey through, around,etc (an area) 行走、 行駛、 旅行或游歷(一段距離); 走過、 繞過...(某地區)
He's travelled the whole world. 他游遍了世界各地.
travel forty miles to work each day 每天走四十英里去上班. =>Usage 見所附用法.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
move; go 移動; 走
Light travels faster than sound. 光比聲音速度快.
News travels quickly these days. 近來消息傳播得很快.
The billiard ball travelled gently across the table. 臺球慢慢地滾過臺面.
(fig 比喻) His mind travelled back to his youth. 他回想起自己青年時代.
3 [Ipr] ~ (in sth) (for sb) go from place to place as a salesman 巡回推銷; 四處兜售
He travels in carpets for a big London firm. 他為倫敦的一家大公司到處推銷地毯.
4 [I] (of wine, etc) not be spoilt by long journeys (指葡萄酒等)經長途運輸不變質的
Lighter wines often travel badly. 低度葡萄酒往往經不起長途運輸.
5 [I] (infml 口) move very fast 快速移動
I don't know the car's exact speed, but it was certainly travelling. 我不知道那輛汽車的準確速度, 但確實非常快.
6 (idm 習語) travel `light
(a) travel with as little luggage as possible 輕裝上路.
(b) (fig 比喻) try to avoid responsibilities, problems, etc 極力回避責任、 問題等. travel, n
1 [U] travelling, esp abroad 行走, 行駛, 旅行(尤指出國): the cost of travel 旅費
Travel in the mountains can be slow and dangerous. 走山路有時候又慢又危險.
[attrib 作定語]
`travel books 游記.
2 travels[pl]
journeys, esp abroad 旅游; (尤指)出國旅游
write an account of one's travels 寫一部游記
(joc 謔) If you see John on your travels (eg about town), tell him to ring me. 你在城里游逛時要是遇到約翰, 告訴他給我打個電話. => Usage at journey 用法見journey.
3 [U] extent, rate or type of movement of a mechanical part (機件的)行程, 沖程
There's too much travel on the brake, it needs tightening. 制動器太松了, 需要調緊. travel, NOTE ON USAGE 用法
The person who drives a car, bus or train is the person in control of it. 開汽車、 公共汽車或火車要用drive這個詞. Similarly we ride a bicycle or horse, sail a boat or a ship (whether it sails or has an engine), and fly a plane. 騎自行車或騎馬用ride, 駕船(或用帆或用發動機)用sail, 開飛機用fly. *We steer a car, bicycle or ship when we turn it in a particular direction. 改變汽車、 自行車或船的方向用steer. *When travelling as a passenger we ride in a car, bus or train, sail in a ship, and fly in a plane. 作為乘客, 坐汽車、 公共汽車或火車用ride in, 坐船用sail in, 坐飛機用fly in. When talking about means of transport we can use go by (car, boat/ship/sea, plane/air, bicycle, etc) 談到交通工具, 用go by (car、 boat/ship/sea、 plane/air、 bicycle等)
Are you going by sea or by air? 你打算坐船去還是坐飛機去?
He always comes to work by bus. 他總是坐公共汽車來上班.
?? 擴展釋義
*['tr?vl]n. 旅行, 游歷, 行進vi. 旅行, 行進, 移動, 被傳播vt. 旅行, 通過, 使移動【機】 移動, 行程相關詞組: travel along travel out of the record
?? 同詞根單詞
trapvt. 誘騙;使受限制;困住;使(水與氣體等)分離;
n. 圈套;(對付人的)計謀;(練習射擊用的)拋靶器;(捕捉動物的)夾子;
vi. 設陷阱;裝捕捉機;設圈套;
trackn. 小路,小道;痕跡,蹤跡;軌道,音軌;方針,路線;
vt. 跟蹤;監看,監測;追蹤;
vi. 沿著軌道前進;沿著一條路走,旅行;位于一隊列中;
trailvt. 跟蹤,追蹤;拖曳:讓…拖或飄揚在后面;拖沓而行;跟在…后面;
vi. (在比賽等中)輸;(尤指跟在他人后面)疲憊地走;(在比賽或其他競賽中)落后;蔓生;
n. 足跡;臭跡;小徑;一縷;