gallivant

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/    美 /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/|/ˌɡæl.əˈvænt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. intransitive
    — Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant – to gallivant all day long.
  2. To flirt, to romance. intransitive,obsolete
    — 'That you never go gallivanting with Chloe again. You both "don't mean anything", but suppose you did happen to get the girl discharged with a very dubious character? Should you see any alternative to behaving either as a fool or a knave to put it right?'

词形变化

gallivants present,singular,third-person gallivanting participle,present gallivanted participle,past gallivanted past galavant alternative gallavant alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
gallivanter

词源

1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.
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