walk
verbVerb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they walk | |
| he / she / it walks | |
| past simple walked | |
| past participle walked | |
| -ing form walking |
- [intransitive, transitive]
to move or go somewhere by putting one foot in front of the other on the ground, but without running 走；行走；步行 The baby is just learning to walk. 这孩子刚学走路。 He may not be able to walk again. 他可能再也走不动了。 ‘How did you get here?’ ‘I walked.’ “你怎么到这儿来的？” “我走路来的。” - walk + adv./prep.
He walked slowly away from her. 他慢慢地从她身旁走开。 The door opened and Jo walked in. 门开了，乔走了进来。 She missed the bus and had to walk home. 她没赶上公共汽车，只好步行回家。 He turned and walked away. 他转身走开了。 He started to walk away from me, but quickly returned. 他开始离开我，但很快就回来了。 People walking past were staring at him. 走过的人都盯着他。 You don't mind walking back, do you? 你不介意往回走，是吗？ It looks like a nice place to walk around. 这看起来是个四处走走的好地方。 He walks over to the window and looks out. 他走到窗前，向外望去。 I just happened to be walking by. 我只是碰巧路过。 We walked along in silence for a while. 我们默默地走了一会儿。 I ignored him and walked on. 我不理他，继续往前走。 I always walk to school. 我总是步行去学校。 Taking a deep breath, she walked into the room. 她深吸一口气，走进房间。 He immediately got up and walked out of the room. 他立即起身走出房间。 I walked in the door and looked around. 我走进门，环顾四周。 He walked out the door, got in his car, and drove off. 他走出门，上了车，然后开车走了。 He greeted her as she walked through the door. 她进门时，他向她打招呼。 I was walking down the street when I suddenly felt ill. 我正走在街上，突然感到不舒服。 The school is within easy walking distance of the train station. 学校离火车站不远，不费劲就走到了。 - walk something
They walked the dark streets of Los Angeles. 他们走在洛杉矶黑暗的街道上。 Children here walk several miles to school. 这里的孩子去上学要步行好几英里。 She walked the short distance to her flat. 她走了一小段路到她的公寓。
Vocabulary Building Ways of walkingWays of walking 走路的方式 - creep
蹑手蹑脚地走；缓慢（或悄悄）地走： He could hear someone creeping around downstairs. 他听得见有人在楼下蹑手蹑脚走来走去的声音。
- limp
一瘸一拐地走；跛行： One player limped off the field with a twisted ankle. 一个球员拖着扭伤的脚踝一瘸一拐地走下场。
- pace
徘徊： I found him in the corridor nervously pacing up and down. 我看到他在走廊里焦虑不安地走来走去。
- pad
放轻脚步走： She spent the morning padding about the house in her slippers. 她一个早上都穿着拖鞋在房子里轻轻地走来走去。
- plod
沉重缓慢地走；步履艰难地走： They wearily plodded home through the rain. 他们冒着雨疲惫而吃力地走回家。
- shuffle
拖着脚走： The queue gradually shuffled forward. 排队等候的人慢慢向前挪动。
- stagger
摇摇晃晃地行走；蹒跚： They staggered out of the pub, completely drunk. 他们烂醉如泥，踉踉跄跄地走出了酒馆。
- stomp
噔噔地走或跳舞： She stomped out of the room, slamming the door behind her. 她噔噔地走出了屋子，随手砰的一声把门关上。
- stroll
漫步；闲逛；溜达： Families were strolling around the park. 游人一家一家地在公园四处漫步。
- tiptoe
踮着脚走路： They tiptoed upstairs so they wouldn’t wake the baby. 他们踮着脚上楼，以免吵醒婴儿。
- trudge
缓慢而吃力地走；步履艰难地走： We trudged up the hill. 我们步履艰难地一步一步往山上爬。
Extra ExamplesTopics Health and Fitnessa1Due to his illness, he can no longer walk unaided. 由于生病，他不能再独立行走了。 He walked home from school. 他从学校走回了家。 I got up and walked calmly out into the early evening. 傍晚时分我起身平静地走了出去。 Jake was walking some way ahead. 杰克正在前面不远处走着。 She had no sandals and walked barefoot. 她没穿凉鞋，光着脚走。 She walked cautiously up the drive towards the door. 她小心翼翼地沿着车道向门口走去。 The couple walked hand in hand along the beach. 这对夫妇手拉手沿海滩漫步。 When she walked onstage, the audience started screaming. 当她走上台时观众开始尖叫起来。 humans' ability to walk upright 人类直立行走的能力 A couple were walking hand in hand along the path. 一对夫妇手拉手沿着小路走着。 He walked straight past me when I called. 我打电话时，他径直从我身边走过。 How long does it take them to walk to school? 他们步行去学校需要多长时间？ I had to walk all the way home. 我只好一路走回家。 The hotel is within easy walking distance of the beach. 酒店离海滩很近，步行即可到达。 They walked barefoot through the cool grass. 他们赤脚走过凉爽的草地。 Try walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator. 试着走上楼梯，而不是乘电梯。 Women have to walk several miles each day to get water. 妇女们每天得步行几英里去取水。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- briskly
- fast
- quickly
- …
- along
- down
- into
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- go walking
- (also go walking)(both especially British English) [intransitive, transitive]
to spend time walking for pleasure 徒步旅行；散步 I like an active holiday, so I walk. 我喜欢活跃的假期，所以我走路。 She's started to go walking. 她开始走路了。 - walk+ adv./prep.
We're going walking in the mountains this summer. 今年夏天我们打算到山里去徒步旅行。 I walked across Scotland with a friend. 我和一个朋友徒步穿越了苏格兰。 - walk something
They love walking the moors. 他们喜欢到沼泽地散步。
Extra ExamplesFor our holiday we went walking in the Lake District. 假期我们去湖区徒步旅行。 Have you ever walked the Pennine Way? 你徒步走过彭尼内步道吗？ We went walking by the waterfront. 我们沿着湖滨散步。
- [transitive] walk somebody + adv./prep.
to go somewhere with somebody on foot, especially in order to make sure they get there safely 陪伴…走；护送…走 - [transitive] walk something (+ adv./prep.)
to take an animal for a walk; to make an animal walk somewhere 牵着（动物）走；遛；赶着…走 Synonyms taketake- lead
- escort
- drive
- show
- walk
- guide
- usher
- direct
- take to go with somebody from one place to another, for example in order to show them something or to show them the way to a place:
It’s too far to walk—I’ll take you by car. 步行路太远，我开车送你去。
- lead to go with or go in front of somebody in order to show them the way or to make them go in the right direction:
Firefighters led the survivors to safety. 消防队员把幸存者带到了安全的地方。
- escort to go with somebody in order to protect or guard them or to show them the way:
The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards. 总统在十二名保镖的护送下到达。
- drive to take somebody somewhere in a car, taxi, etc:
My mother drove us to the airport. 我母亲开车把我们送到了机场。
- show to take somebody to a particular place, in the right direction, or along the correct route:
The attendant showed us to our seats. 服务员把我们带到我们的座位。
- walk to go somewhere with somebody on foot, especially in order to make sure that they get there safely; to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk or make an animal walk somewhere:
He always walked her home. 他经常护送她走回家。 Have you walked the dog yet today? 你今天遛狗了吗？
- guide to show somebody the way to a place, often by going with them; to show somebody a place that you know well:
She guided us through the busy streets. 她带领我们穿过了繁忙的街道。 We were guided around the museums. 我们被领着参观了博物馆。
- usher (rather formal
) to politely take or show somebody where they should go, especially within a building: 指礼貌地引往、引导、引领，尤指在建筑物内： She ushered her guests to their seats. 她把客人引领到座位上。
- direct (rather formal
) to tell or show somebody how to get somewhere or where to go: 指给某人指路、为某人领路： A young woman directed them to the station. 一名年轻女子给他们指了去车站的路。
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct somebody to/out of/into something
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide somebody around/round
- to take/lead/escort/drive/walk somebody home
- to take/lead/escort/guide somebody to safety
- to lead/show the way
Extra ExamplesTopics Animalsa2He walked the pony up and down the yard. 他牵着马在院子里来回走着。 She walks the dog every day at about two o'clock. 她每天两点左右遛狗。
- [intransitive] (informal)
to disappear; to be taken away 不翼而飞；被盗走 - [intransitive] (literary)
(of a ghost 鬼魂 to appear 出现；出没；显灵 - [intransitive]
(in cricket 板球 when a batsman walks, he/she leaves the field without waiting for the umpire to say that he/she is out 走路： 当击球手走路时，他/她离开田野而无需等待裁判员说他/她不在He knew he was out, so he walked. 他知道他出去了，所以他走了。
- [intransitive, transitive]
(in baseball 棒球 to reach first base without having to do anything because the pitcher failed to throw the ball correctly four times and you didn't try to hit it; to enable a batter to walk 轻易获得；轻易取胜 He walked 60 times in 57 games. 他在57场比赛中走了60次。 - walk somebody
Despite walking one batter, Jackson showed solid control of the pitch. 尽管走了一个击球手，杰克逊显示出对球场的稳固控制。
Word OriginOld English wealcan ‘roll, toss’, also ‘wander’, of Germanic origin. The sense ‘move about’, and specifically ‘go about on foot’, arose in Middle English.
Idioms
be skating/walking on thin ice
to be taking a risk 履薄冰；冒风险
float/walk on air
to feel very happy 欢天喜地；得意扬扬 Most couples feel they are walking on air on their wedding day. 大多数夫妇觉得他们在结婚那天是在空中漫步。
go/walk down the aisle
- (informal)
to get married 结婚
run before you can walk
to do things that are difficult, without learning the basic skills first 不会走就跑；没掌握基本功就做难事
tread/walk a tightrope
to be in a difficult situation in which you do not have much freedom of action and need to be extremely careful about what you do 身处困境；如履薄冰 The government is walking a difficult tightrope in wanting to reduce interest rates without pushing up inflation. 政府想在不推高通胀的情况下降低利率，这是在走一条艰难的钢丝。
walk the beat
(of police officers 警察 to walk around the area that they are responsible for 在辖区值勤巡逻 We have two officers walking the beat after midnight. 午夜以后我们派有两名警察巡逻。
walk/tread a fine/thin line (between A and B)
to be in a difficult or dangerous situation where you could easily make a mistake 处于困境（或险境）；如履薄冰；走钢丝 He was walking a fine line between being funny and being rude. 他想滑稽而不粗鲁，难以把握分寸。 She often seems to tread a thin line between success and failure. 她似乎经常在成功和失败之间徘徊。
Extra ExamplesHis comedy treads the line between shocking and sickening. 他的喜剧在令人震惊和恶心之间徘徊。 We have to walk a fine line to make sure we don't promote one brand more than another. 我们必须谨慎行事，以确保我们不会推广一个品牌超过另一个品牌。 His buildings walk the thin line between visionary and completely mad. 他的建筑在幻想和完全疯狂之间徘徊。
walk free
to be allowed to leave court, etc., without receiving any punishment 获无罪释放 She was acquitted and walked free from court. 她被判无罪，并被无罪释放。
walk it (informal)
to go somewhere on foot instead of in a vehicle 徒步前往 It’s not very far. We can easily walk it. 不是很远。我们可以轻而易举地走过它。
- (British English)
to easily achieve something that you want 轻易获得；轻易取胜
walk somebody off their feet
- (informal)
to make somebody walk so far or so fast that they are very tired 使走得筋疲力尽 I hope I haven’t walked you off your feet. 我希望我没有让你失望。
walk off the job
- (North American English)
to stop working in order to go on strike （离开岗位）罢工
walk the plank
(in the past) to walk along a board placed over the side of a ship and fall into the sea, as a punishment 走跳板（旧时强迫受害人在置于船舷外的跳板上行走而致落水）
walk the streets
walk tall
to feel proud and confident 昂首阔步；趾高气扬
walk the walk