promenade

英 [,pr?m?'nɑ?d; -'ne?d; 'pr?m-] 美[,prɑm?'ned]

GRE低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?promenades;第三人稱單數(shù):?promenades;過去式:?promenaded;過去分詞:?promenaded;現(xiàn)在分詞:?promenading;

promenade 散步，漫步，舞會

pro-,向前，-men,伸出，詞源同eminent,mountain.引申詞義散步，漫步，后用于指舞會。

promenade: promenade: [16] Promenade was borrowed from French. It was a derivative of se promener ‘go for a walk’, which came from late Latin prōmināre ‘drive forward’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mināre ‘drive’. It was originally used in English for a ‘leisurely walk’; ‘place for walking’ followed in the mid-17th century, but it does not seem to have been applied specifically to a ‘walk-way by the sea’ until the end of the 18th century. The abbreviation prom dates from the early 20th century. The term promenade concert originated in the 1830s.
promenade (n.): 1560s, "leisurely walk," from Middle French promenade (16c.), from se promener "go for a walk," from Late Latin prominare "to drive (animals) onward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + minare "to drive (animals) with shouts," from minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).

Meaning "place for walking" is 1640s; specifically "walkway by the sea" late 18c.; British sense of "music hall favored by 'loose women and the simpletons who run after them'" is attested from 1863. Sense of "dance given by a school" is from 1887.
promenade (v.): "to make a promenade," 1580s, from promenade (n.). Related: Promenaded; promenading.

2. People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.: 人們穿上更加時髦漂亮的衣服，沿著海濱散步。

3. A wide promenade allows many people to walk at the same time.: 寬闊的人行道可容許多人同時行走.

4. We took a promenade along the canal after Sunday dinner.: 星期天晚飯后我們沿著運河散步.

5. The Easter promenade is well known as a fashion show.: 復(fù)活節(jié)游行是眾所周知的一種時裝展覽.