roam /rəʊm $ roʊm/ ●○○ verb 1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]TRAVEL to walk or travel, usually for a long time, with no clear purpose or direction 闲逛,漫步;漫步于 → wanderroam over/around/about etc The dogs are allowed to roam around. 允许狗四处活动。
Chickens and geese roam freely in the back yard. 鸡和鹅在后院随意溜达。
You shouldn’t let your children roam the streets. 你不应该让孩子在街上游荡。
roam the countryside/desert/forests etc Wild sheep roam the hills. 野羊在山上漫步。
► see thesaurus at travel 2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep, transitiveT]LOOK AT if your eyes roam over something, you look slowly at all parts of it 〔缓慢地〕打量 Her eyes roamed the room. 她将房间打量了一遍。
roam over His eyes roamed over the bookshelves. 他的目光扫过一个个书架。
n3 [intransitiveI] to use your mobile phone in a different country or area from usual by connecting to a different network Some pay-as-you-go phones do not allow you to roam.
roam the countryside/desert/forests etc• Pride is one thing: a wild beast which lives in caves and roams the desert.• Such double-bodied beings were thought to have roamed the forests and pasturelands adjacent to Arcadian Olympia.• One sensed the aloneness, and would she be roaming the desert if there were a husband to worry about?• Would you rather have them roaming the countryside on trail bikes or all-terrain vehicles? roam over• Harry's eyes roamed over her body.