am·bu·la·to·ry /ˈæmbjələˌtori, ˌtɔr-/
  (a.)移動的;步行的
  am·bu·la·to·ry /ˈæmbjələˌtorɪ, ˌtɔr-/ 形容詞
  能走動的,不臥床的,步行的
  Am·bu·la·to·ry a.
  1. Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.
  2. Accustomed to move from place to place; not stationary; movable; as, an ambulatory court, which exercises its jurisdiction in different places.
     The priesthood . . . before was very ambulatory, and dispersed into all families.   --Jer. Taylor.
  3. Pertaining to a walk. [R.]
     The princess of whom his majesty had an ambulatory view in his travels.   --Sir H. Wotton.
  4. Law Not yet fixed legally, or settled past alteration; alterable; as, the dispositions of a will are ambulatory until the death of the testator.
  Am·bu·la·to·ry, n.; pl. Ambulatories   Arch. A place to walk in, whether in the open air, as the gallery of a cloister, or within a building.
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  ambulatory
       adj : able to walk about; "the patient is ambulatory" [syn: ambulant]