per·am·bu·late /pəˈræmbjəˌlet/
(vt.)巡行,徘徊,勘查(vi.)漫步,閒蕩
Per·am·bu·late v. t. [imp. & p. p. Perambulated p. pr. & vb. n. Perambulating.] To walk through or over; especially, to travel over for the purpose of surveying or examining; to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.
Per·am·bu·late, v. i. To walk about; to ramble; to stroll; as, he perambulated in the park.
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perambulate
v 1: make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a
property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate
the bounds every five years"
2: walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the
garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"
[syn: walk about, walk around]