rambling

rambling /'ræmbliɳ/
  • danh từ
    • sự đi lang thang, sự đi ngao du
    • (nghĩa bóng) sự nói huyên thiên, sự nói dông dài; sự nói không có mạch lạc, sự viết không có mạch lạc
    • tính từ
      • lang thang, ngao du
      • dông dài; không có mạch lạc, rời rạc
        • a rambling conversation: câu chuyện rời rạc không có mạch lạc
        • a rambling speech: bài nói thiếu mạch lạc
      • leo; bò (cây)
      • nhiều ngóc ngách, cái nhô ra, cái thụt vào, xây dựng bừa bãi (nhà cửa, phố xá...)

    Xem thêm: digressive, discursive, excursive, meandering(a), wandering(a), winding, meander, ramble on, jog, roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond



    rambling

    Từ điển WordNet

      adj.

    • (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; digressive, discursive, excursive

      amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things

      a rambling discursive book

      his excursive remarks

      a rambling speech about this and that

    • of a path e.g.; meandering(a), wandering(a), winding

      meandering streams

      rambling forest paths

      the river followed its wandering course

      a winding country road

      n.

    • an aimless amble on a winding course; meander

      v.

    • continue talking or writing in a desultory manner; ramble on, jog

      This novel rambles on and jogs

    • move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, rove, range, drift, vagabond

      The gypsies roamed the woods

      roving vagabonds

      the wandering Jew

      The cattle roam across the prairie

      the laborers drift from one town to the next

      They rolled from town to town


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    rambles|rambled|rambling
    syn.: drift gad meander roam rove stray stroll wander