roaming:指“漫游;四处游荡;(通信)漫游”。常见于描述人在无固定目的地走动,或手机/网络在本地运营商范围外仍能连接服务的状态。
/ˈroʊmɪŋ/
I spent the afternoon roaming around the old town.
我整个下午都在老城区四处逛。
As she was roaming through the library, she discovered a diary that changed her understanding of the past.
当她在图书馆里随意徘徊时,她发现了一本日记,改变了她对过去的理解。
来自动词 roam(漫游、游荡),其词源可追溯到中古英语时期,可能与“在宽广范围内移动、漂泊”的含义相关;加上 -ing 构成现在分词/动名词,用来表示“正在漫游”或“漫游这一行为/状态”。