late 15th cent. (originally a term in archery in the sense shoot at a casual mark of undetermined range): perhaps from dialect raveto stray, probably of Scandinavian originlate 18th cent.: of unknown originMiddle English: from Old Norse ró, with the addition of parasitic -v-
網絡釋義
-rove
1 . 漫游
routinize 慣例化rove漫游rover 漂泊者
2 . 繩環
roveclinch nail 彎頭舷板釘rove繩環rove繩環;鐵環
3 . 鐵環
rove繩環rove繩環;鐵環rover 海盜
4 . 流浪
...ng around in his bedroom all night.我聽到他整夜在臥室里踱來踱去。rove:漂泊,流浪,漫游bands of hooligans roving round the streets 成群結伙在街.