gad

英 [ɡæd] 美 [ɡæd]

• v. 闲逛；游荡
• n. 钢楔；尖头棒
• int. 天哪（表示轻微的咒骂或惊讶）
• Gad:.
• n. 迦得（旧约圣经中雅各的儿子）

英英释义

Noun:

1. an anxiety disorder characterized by chronic free-floating anxiety and such symptoms as tension or sweating or trembling or lightheadedness or irritability etc that has lasted for more than six months

2. a sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward;

   "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"
   

Verb:

1. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. He spent a few months gadding about Europe before his exams.
   考试前，他在欧洲漫游了几个月。
2. While they gad about the world, their children is neglected at home.
   他们在世界各地游荡,孩子在家无人照看。

经典引文

• You're not going to begin gadding about to concerts and staying out all hours of the night.

  出自： L. M. Montgomery

词汇搭配

• gad about 游荡(闲逛)
• gad around 游荡
• gad picker 鹤嘴锄,凿子...
• by gad 天哪(哎呀)

近反义词

【近义词】

• gallivant 与异性闲荡或闲逛...
• live it up 过着逍遥的日子...
• socialize 使 ... 社会化...
• party 聚会
• rave 极力赞扬
• paint the town red 狂欢(痛饮
• anxiety reaction 焦虑反应
• generalized anxiety disorder 泛焦虑症
• jazz around 游荡
• spur 支脉