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gambol

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++gam·bol /ˈɡæmbəl/ verb (gambolled, gambolling British English, gamboled, gamboling American English) [intransitive] literary  JUMPto jump or run around in a lively active way 〔活泼地〕跳跃,蹦蹦跳跳 SYN frolic lambs gambolling in a field 在田野里蹦蹦跳跳的小羊gambol noun [countable]→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
gambollambs gamboling in the fieldsNow, at seventeen, I could gambol in the forbidden delights of Elysium with no one tugging at my hand.
Origin gambol (1500-1600) French gambade horse's jump, probably from Old Provençal camba leg
gam·bol verbChineseSyllable
Corpus in or jump lively run a around to


gambol
gambol /ˈɡæmbəl/ verb (past tense and past participle gambolled, present participle gambolling British English, gamboled, gamboling American English) [intransitive] literary
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: French
 Origin: gambade __horse__s jump__, probably from Old Provençal camba __leg__
to jump or run around in a lively active way
   SYN  frolic:
    lambs gambolling in a field
—gambol noun [countable]


gam·bolBrE /ˈɡæmbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈɡæmbl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they gambol BrE /ˈɡæmbl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmbl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it gambols BrE /ˈɡæmblz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmblz/ 🔊past simple gambolled BrE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊past participle gambolled BrE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊past simple (US also ) gamboled BrE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊past participle (US also ) gamboled BrE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmbld/ 🔊 -ing form gambolling BrE /ˈɡæmblɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmblɪŋ/ 🔊 -ing form (US also ) gamboling BrE /ˈɡæmblɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈɡæmblɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) to jump or run about in a lively way 跳跃;嬉戏lambs gambolling in the meadow在草地上蹦蹦跳跳的小羊羔