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perambulate vt. 巡行,徘徊,勘查
vi. 漫步,闲荡 巡行,徘徊,勘查漫步,闲荡 perambulate v 1: make an official inspection on foot of ( the bounds of a property); " Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years" 2: walk with no particular goal; " we were walking around in the garden"; " after breakfast, she walked about in the park" [ synonym: { perambulate}, { walk about}, { walk around}] Perambulate \ Per* am" bu* late\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Perambulated}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Perambulating}.] [ L. perambulatus, p. p. of perambulare to perambulate; per through ambulare to walk. See { Per-}, and { Amble}.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line. [ 1913 Webster]
Perambulate \ Per* am" bu* late\, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park. [ 1913 Webster] 51 Moby Thesaurus words for " perambulate": ambulate, ankle, circumambulate, course, cover, do, foot, foot it, go over, hoof it, jaywalk, jog on, leg, leg it, measure, overpass, pace, pad, parade, pass over, pass through, patrol, pedestrianize, peregrinate, pererrate, peripateticate, ply, promenade, range, range over, reconnoiter, scour, scour the country, scout, shuffle along, step, stretch the legs, stride, stump it, sweep, take a stretch, take a walk, track, traipse, transit, travel over, travel through, traverse, tread, voyage, walk
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