gambol
verb [intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they gambol | |
| he / she / it gambols | |
| past simple gambolled | |
| past participle gambolled | |
| (US English also) past simple gamboled | |
| (US English also) past participle gamboled | |
| -ing form gambolling | |
| (US English also) -ing form gamboling |
- (+ adv./prep.)
to jump or run about in a lively way 跳跃；嬉戏 lambs gambolling in the meadow 在草地上蹦蹦跳跳的小羊羔
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGambol is used with these nouns as the subject:- lamb
Word Originearly 16th cent.: alteration of gambade, from Spanish gambada, via French from Italian gambata ‘trip up’, from gamba ‘leg’.