roam
意味
- (特に広い地域を)あてもなく歩き回る,放浪する(wander)《+about(around(《英》round),through,over)+名》
- …を歩き回る,放浪する
例文
Once upon a time, octopuses roamed the Earth.
昔々、タコたちは地上をうろついていました。
His eyes roamed over the lake in the valley.
彼の目は谷間の湖上をずっとさまよった。
I was roaming over the mountains all through the night.
一晩中山中をさ迷った。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
From Middle English romen, from Old English rāmian, from Proto-Germanic *raimōną (“to wander”), from *raim- (“to move, raise”), from *h₃reyH- (“to move, lift, flow”). Akin to Old English ārǣman (“to arise, stand up, lift up”), Old High German rāmēn (“to aim”) ( > archaic German rahmen (“to strive”)), Middle Dutch rammen (“to night-wander, to copulate”), rammelen (“to wander about, ramble”). More at ramble.