“circumambulate”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

circumambulate

释义

circumambulate, v.|sɜːkəmˈæmbjuːleɪt|
[f. L. circumambulāre (f. circum around + ambulāre to walk): see -ate³.]
1. trans. To walk round about.
1656Blount Glossogr., Circumambulate, to walk round about.1816Q. Rev. XV. 326 Having seven times circumambulated the Kaaba.1847De Quincey Secret Societies Wks. (1863) VI. 270 Round and round the furious Jews must have circumambulated the Christian camp.
2. intr. To walk about, go about; fig. to beat about the bush.
1691Wood Ath. Oxon. (R.), Ordinary persons that circumambulated with their box and needle.1837Carlyle Fr. Rev. I. iv. i, What dubitating, what circumambulating!
Hence circumˈambulating vbl. n. and ppl. a. (See above.)

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