ramble
v
1 [I, Ip] walk for pleasure with no special destination 漫步; 闲逛
I like rambling (around/about) in the country. 我喜欢在乡间漫步. Cf 参看 hike 1.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip]
~ (on) (about sb/sth) (fig 比喻) wander in one's talk or writing by not keeping to the subject 漫谈; 闲聊; 漫笔
The old man rambled (on) about the past. 这位老者在聊过去的事情.
3 [I] (of plants) grow or climb over other plants, hedges, etc with long trailing shoots (指植物)蔓生, 攀缘生长. ramble, n rambling walk 漫步
go for/on a ramble in the country 去乡间漫步.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
When he travelled across India, he travelled hard-seat, unreserved, together with peasants and other ordinary people.