- 1閒晃、悠哉地走(不慌,還帶一點自信)
To saunter is to walk slowly, with no hurry, in a way that looks easy and sure of itself — as if you had all the time in the world, and perhaps as if you wanted people to notice that. It is prouder and cooler than a tired shuffle, and a little more of a show than a plain stroll, though people do stretch it to mean any slow, relaxed walk.
To saunter is to walk slowly, with no hurrysaunter是指慢慢走,不趕時間, in a way that looks easy and sure of itself走得一副輕鬆自在、很有把握的樣子 as if you had all the time in the world——好像你有全世界的時間, and perhaps as if you wanted people to notice that也許還帶點想讓別人注意到這一點的意思。 It is prouder and cooler than a tired shuffle它比拖著腳走的疲憊感更有自信、更帥氣一點, and a little more of a show than a plain stroll也比單純的散步多一點點展示的味道, though people do stretch it to mean any slow, relaxed walk不過大家也會把它用得比較鬆,泛指任何慢慢的、放鬆的走路。
You can also use it as a noun: a saunter through the park means a walk of that kind. It is slightly or newspaper-like; on the street many people would just say stroll or wander.
You can also use it as a noun你也可以把它當名詞用: a saunter through the park means a walk of that kinda saunter through the park是指那種樣子的一次散步。 It is slightly bookish or newspaper-like它有點書面、有點像報紙寫的字; on the street many people would just say stroll or wander在街上,很多人就直接說stroll或wander。
Nobody is in a rush when they saunter. If you are late and pushing through a crowd, that is not this word.
Nobody is in a rush沒有人是在趕時間的, when they sauntersaunter的時候。 If you are late and pushing through a crowd如果你遲到了、正在人群裡硬擠過去, that is not this word那就不是這個字了。
core核心畫面
組成Unclear. It has meant “to stroll” since the 1660s; the noun “a stroll” is later (1828). It likely grew from an older word meaning “to muse,” from late Middle English santren, whose own origin is unknown. People have guessed at Anglo-Norman sauntrer (from a French verb about taking risks) and at German and Dutch stroll-words; those are competing theories, and a major dictionary calls the French idea unlikely.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
saunterverb/ˈsɔntɚ/
- 1
To stroll, or walk at a leisurely pace.
- One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream.
- Meanwhile the young ladies sauntered along—before or behind, as the case might be—in the company of the young business-man and that of another youth who had come out independently on the trolley.
saunternoun/ˈsɔntɚ/
- 1
A leisurely walk or stroll.
- Caroline […] begged that the drive might be given up for a saunter about the gardens[…]
- 2
A leisurely, easy pace.
- walking at a saunter
- 3
obsoleteA place for sauntering or strolling.
- That wheel of fops, that saunter of the town.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。