n. 徘徊, 粗纺, 流浪

vt. 漂泊于, 漫游于

vi. 流浪, 飘忽不定
reeve的过去式和过去分词

[ verb ]
move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
<verb.motion> cast drift ramble range roam roll stray swan tramp vagabond wander
The gypsies roamed the woodsroving vagabonds
the wandering Jew
The cattle roam across the prairie
the laborers drift from one town to the next
They rolled from town to town

Reeve \Reeve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rove} (r?v); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Reeving}.] [Cf. D. reven. See {Reef}, n. & v. t.] (Naut.)
To pass, as the end of a pope, through any hole in a block,
thimble, cleat, ringbolt, cringle, or the like.


Rove \Rove\, v. t.
1. To wander over or through.

Roving the field, I chanced
A goodly tree far distant to behold. --milton.

2. To plow into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows
together.


Rove \Rove\, n.
The act of wandering; a ramble.

In thy nocturnal rove one moment halt. --Young.

{Rove beetle} (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of
beetles of the family {Staphylinid[ae]}, having short
elytra beneath which the wings are folded transversely.
They are rapid runners, and seldom fly.


Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), v. t. [perhaps fr. or akin to reeve.]
1. To draw through an eye or aperture.

2. To draw out into flakes; to card, as wool. --Jamieson.

3. To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool
or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.


Rove \Rove\ (r[=o]v), n.
1. A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched
in boat building.

2. A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and slighty
twisted, preparatory to further process; a roving.


Rove \Rove\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roved}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Roving}.] [Cf. D. rooven to rob; akin to E. reave. See
{Reave}, {Rob}.]
1. To practice robbery on the seas; to wander about on the
seas in piracy. [Obs.] --Hakluyt.

2. Hence, to wander; to ramble; to rauge; to go, move, or
pass without certain direction in any manner, by sailing,
walking, riding, flying, or otherwise.

For who has power to walk has power to rove.
--Arbuthnot.

3. (Archery) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle
of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being
beyond the point-blank range).

Fair Venus' son, that with thy cruel dart
At that good knight so cunningly didst rove.
--Spenser.

Syn: To wander; roam; range; ramble stroll.