stroll

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

stroll [stroll strolls strolled strolling] verb, noun BrE [strəʊl] NAmE [stroʊl]
verb intransitive (+ adv./prep.)
to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way
•People were strolling along the beach.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘roam as a vagrant’): probably from German strollen, strolchen, from Strolch ‘vagabond’, of unknown ultimate origin.

Example Bank:
•He hummed to himself as he strolled leisurely through the streets.
•They strolled down to the canal.
•He strolled over to where Sue was sitting.
•I strolled through the market stalls, stopping occasionally.
•People were strolling around in the grounds.
•We can't have students strolling in whenever they feel like it.

 
noun
a slow relaxed walk
•We went for a stroll in the park.
•The beach is a leisurely ten-minute stroll away.

Word Origin:
early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘roam as a vagrant’): probably from German strollen, strolchen, from Strolch ‘vagabond’, of unknown ultimate origin.

Example Bank:
•The beach is only a short stroll away.
•The shops are only a ten-minute stroll away.
•They took a leisurely stroll along the river bank.

 

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  amble, promenade, saunter, perambulation