rambling

adj.

1. 向四处延伸的；规划凌乱的
   spreading in various directions with no particular pattern
2. 冗长而含糊的；不切题的
   very long and confused
   1. a rambling letter
      不知所云的长信
3. 蔓生的；攀缘生长的
   growing or climbing in all directions, for example up a wall
   1. a rambling rose
      蔓生的蔷薇

noun

1. 乡间漫步
   the activity of walking for pleasure in the countryside
2. 漫无目的的讲话；长而离题的文章
   speech or writing that continues for a long time without saying much and seems very confused
   1. the ramblings of a madman
      疯子的胡言乱语

1. ADJ （建筑）大而无当的，格局凌乱的
   A rambling building is big and old with an irregular shape.
   1. ...that rambling house and its bizarre contents.
      那间格局不规则的房子及其奇异的室内摆设
2. ADJ-GRADED （讲话或写作）冗长含糊的，杂乱无章的
   If you describe a speech or piece of writing as rambling, you are criticizing it for being too long and very confused.
   1. His actions were accompanied by a rambling monologue...
      他的行动伴随着一串冗长含糊的独白。
   2. Cameron wrote a rambling letter to his wife.
      卡梅伦给他的妻子写了一封漫无边际的长信。

1. Victorian houses can seem cold with their lofty ceilings and rambling rooms.
   维多利亚式房屋屋顶高耸，房间布局凌乱，因此可能会显得较为阴冷。
2. He stood in my kitchen drinking beer, rambling on about Lillian.
   他站在我的厨房里喝着啤酒，漫无边际地讲着有关莉莲的事情。
3. His actions were accompanied by a rambling monologue
   他的行动伴随着一串冗长含糊的独白。
4. Cameron wrote a rambling letter to his wife.
   卡梅伦给他的妻子写了一封漫无边际的长信。
5. Then he started rambling and repeating himself.
   他接下来就开始不着边际、说话来回重复了。
6. Four children milled and clattered about the rambling house.
   四个孩子在杂乱无章的屋子里咭咭呱呱笑着打转。
7. Oda Mae Brown: I don't think I'm rambling, I'm just answering the question.
   OdaMaeBrown：我没有不着边际地说话。我只是在回答一个问题。
8. My classmates and I spent a semester editing example after example of rambling or confusing letters, memos, and other professional materials.
   我和同学用了一学期的时间不断地修改那些杂乱无章的信件，备忘录和其他专业材料。
9. Don't waste time yours and your manager's with long preambles and rambling thoughts.
   不要用长篇大论和杂乱无章的想法来浪费你和经理的时间。
10. This brilliant, caustic, rambling satire is written in a colloquial style.
    这篇光辉的，刻薄的，但很松散的讽刺叙事诗是以一种通俗的口语体写的。
11. I was rambling over the hills of yorkshire.
    我正在约克郡山区漫游。
12. But a transcript shows that during one rambling conversation they also talked about doing "operations" from Pakistan.
    然而一个副本显示，在一次漫无边际的谈话中他们也提到做些巴基斯坦的“业务”。
13. I want a wife who will not bother me with rambling complaints about a wife's duties.
    我希望有这样一个妻子，她不会喋喋不休地抱怨做妻子的义务来烦扰我。
14. I've just had this rambling, incoherent letter from my sister.
    我刚收到这封我姐姐写来的前言不搭后语的信。
15. I used to enjoy rambling, but I don't have the time to do it very much now.
    过去我很喜欢在乡间漫步，可现在我没时间常去了。
16. He spent the morning rambling woodland paths.
    他一上午在林间小径漫步。
17. They live in a rambling old farmhouse.
    他们住在一幢结构杂乱无章的旧农舍里。
18. He tightened his blurred, rambling voice and said again.
    他扯尖了他那含混不清的嗓音，又颠三倒四地说了起来。
19. I got really bored listening ot her rambling on.
    听她漫无边际地唠叨下去我真烦死了。
20. He spent a whole summer rambling in Ireland.
    他花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
21. An unkempt garden; native vistas and unkempt rambling paths.
    一个乱糟糟的花园；本土的景色和凌乱的散漫的小路。
22. She's just rambling on like always.
    她会这样不停地讲下去的。
23. Critics accused him of being rambling, repetitious, sometimes incoherent and lazily autobiographical.
    评论家指责他文风冗长含糊且反复，批评他时有的语无伦次和怠惰的自传体风格。
24. Shopping malls are full of people rambling around, buying things they don't need.
    大商场里挤满了闲逛的人，他们尽买一些他们不需要的东西。
25. He gave a long, rambling after-dinner speech.
    他作了杂乱无章的宴会后长篇演讲。
26. He talked a lot of rambling stuff to his sister and to me sometimes of one thing, sometimes of another.
    他对他妹妹和我说了一大堆乱七八糟的话，东拉西扯。
27. I really don't want to have to listen to another of his long, rambling speeches.
    我真是不想再听他冗长而杂乱的讲演了。
28. I had now had enough of rambling to sea for sometime.
    我在海上漂流了这么多天，实在够了。
29. I like rambling around in the country.
    我喜欢在乡间漫步。
30. You must be hungry, rambling about all night!
    你荡了一整夜，一定饿了！

  diffuse discursive rambling【导航词义：冗赘的】

  diffuse adj. 唆的，冗长难解的

〔辨析〕指言语或文章用词冗赘、表意不明的。

  discursive adj. 〈正式〉东拉西扯的

〔辨析〕用于形容书面内容或口头表述中心不明确的，如罗列多种不同观点、事实等。

  rambling adj. 杂乱无章的

〔辨析〕指讲话或文章长篇大论、离题万里的。

adj

1. of a path e.g.
   1. meandering streams
   2. rambling forest paths
   3. the river followed its wandering course
   4. a winding country road

   Synonym:    meandering(a)wandering(a)winding

2. (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
   1. amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things
   2. a rambling discursive book
   3. his excursive remarks
   4. a rambling speech about this and that

   Synonym:    digressivediscursiveexcursive

3. spreading out in different directions
   1. sprawling handwriting
   2. straggling branches
   3. straggly hair

   Synonym:    sprawlingstragglingstraggly