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单词 knock (about)
例句 knock (about)verb

to move about from place to place aimlesslywe knocked about from town to town, looking for work

bat, cruise, drift, float, gad (about), gallivant(also galavant), kick around, maunder, meander, mooch, ramble, range, roam, rove, traipse, wander

amble, saunter, strolldawdle, mopegypsy, hobo, tramp, vagabondmill (about or around)straggle, stray

knockaboutadjective

being rough or noisy in a high-spirited waya knockabout game of football in the mud

boisterous, hell-raising, rambunctious, raucous, robustious, roisterous, rollicking, rowdy, rumbustious(chiefly British)

callithumpian, carnival, carnivalesque, larrikin(chiefly Australian), raffish, rampageous, riotous, rowdyish, ruffianlystormy, tempestuous, turbulent, violentheadstrong, intractable, obstreperous, recalcitrant, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, uninhibited, unmanageable, unreserved, unrestrained, unruly, wild, willful(or wilful)bubbly, buoyant, effervescent, exuberant, high-spirited, impassioned, lively, sprightly, vivaciousclamorous, loudmouthed, noisy, openmouthed, rackety, strident, vociferoushowling, screaming, yelling

wild and woolly

orderly

sedate, sober, solemn, somber(or sombre), staiddecorous, dignified, proper, seemlycalm, hushed, noiseless, peaceful, placid, quiet, restrained, serene, silent, soundless, tranquilcollected, composed, constrained, controlled, imperturbable, inhibited, repressed, self-controlled, unflappable, unruffledmoderate, reasonable, subdued, temperateimpassive, phlegmatic, stoic(or stoical), stoliddepressedaloof, detached, indifferent

knockaboutnoun

a person who roams about without a fixed route or destinationthe book is one writer's journey of self-discovery as a restless knockabout

drifter, gadabout, gypsy, maunderer, nomad, rambler, roamer, rover, stroller, vagabond, wanderer, wayfarer

laggard, stragglerlingerer, loiterer, sojournerbum, hobo, tramppassenger, sightseer, traveler(or traveller)migrant, transient, vagrantambler, saunterer

bird of passage

homebodydenizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, resident, settler

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