ramble

ramble
verb
[no obj.]
  1. walk for pleasure in the countryside, typically without a definite route
    (乡间)闲逛,漫游;漫步
    ■(of a plant) put out long shoots and grow over walls or other plants
    (植物)蔓生,蔓延
  2. talk or write at length in a confused or inconsequential way
    漫谈,聊天;信笔写
    Willy rambled on about Norman archways.
    威利漫无边际地大谈诺曼式拱道。
noun
  1. a walk taken for pleasure in the countryside
    闲逛,漫游;漫步
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb in sense 2): probably related to Middle Dutch rammelen, used of animals in the sense 'wander about on heat', also to the noun ram
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