peripatetic

peripatetic
[ˌpɛrɪpəˈtɛtɪk]
adjective
  1. travelling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods
    漫游的;到处走的;流动工作的
    the peripatetic nature of military life.
    军人生活的流动性。
    ■[attrib.](of a teacher) working in more than one school or college
    (教师)在多所学校工作的
    a peripatetic music teacher.
    在多所学校任教的音乐老师。
  2. (Peripatetic)Aristotelian
    亚里士多德学派的,逍遥学派的
noun
  1. a person who travels from place to place, especially a teacher who works in more than one school or college
    到处奔波的人,漫游者(尤指在多所学校任教的教师)
  2. (Peripatetic)an Aristotelian philosopher
    亚里士多德学派的哲学家,逍遥派哲学家
派生
peripatetically
adverb
peripateticism
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English (denoting an Aristotelian philosopher): from Old French peripatetique, via Latin from Greek peripatētikos 'walking up and down', from the verb peripatein
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