散散步：walk的用法和辨析

I am a slow walker, but I never walk backwards.

                                                                        ——Abraham Lincoln我走得很慢，但从不后退。                                                                       ——亚伯拉罕·林肯

一、你知道walk有几种含义吗？

n.

1.走，行走，步行；漫步，散步

She took the dog for a walk.

她带着狗去散步。

2.步态，走路的样子

I recognized him at once by his walk.

我一看那走路的样子就知道是他。

3.步行小径，小径，道路，人行道

Some of the walks in this area are only possible in dry weather.

这一带的一些小路只有晴天才能走。

4.步行的距离（或路程）

It was only a three-mile walk to Kabul from there.

从那里到喀布尔只需走上3英里。

v.

1.走，行走，走路 [I,T]

How old was the baby when she started to walk?

这个女孩几岁开始走路的？

2.遛（狗） [I,T]

Horses should be walked for a while after a race.

马在比赛后应该遛一遛。

3.陪同，陪护 [I,T]

She walked me to my car.

她陪我走到我的车旁。

二、词义辨析：具有“行走”意思词还有：

walk, stride, stroll, strut, pace

这些动词均有“行走，徒步”之意。walk最常用词，中性词，指除跑、跳之外所有移步的动作。stride着重步子大而且节奏有力，流露出匆忙、烦恼、得意等情绪。stroll多指走走停停，步子缓慢，悠闲自得，漫无目的。strut指大摇大摆地走，含过分自信或自高自大意味。pace指踱步，走步。

三、你知道walk和哪些词更搭吗？

space walk

太空行走

walk about

散步，遛弯；徘徊；在人群中来回走动

walk around

绕...而走

walk in

随便进来

walk off

v. 离开，带走，用散步消除

四、一起来玩个填词小游戏吧

Rosanna and Forbes         in silence for some while罗莎娜和福布斯默不作声地走了一会儿。