1gad about/aroundphrasal verbphr vinformalSOCIALIZE to go out and enjoy yourself, going to many different places, especially when you should be doing something else 閒蕩,外出尋樂〔尤指本應做點别的什麽事〕
While I’m at home cooking, he’s gadding about with his friends.
我在家做飯,而他卻跟他的朋友一起在外頭尋歡作樂。
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gad about/around• Everyone said I looked worn out and must have been gadding about too much!
Examples from the Corpus
gad• Everyone said I looked worn out and must have been gadding about too much!
Origingad
(1400-1500) Probably frpm gadling“person who goes along with you, wanderer”((11-18 centuries)), from Old Englishgædeling