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-
网络释义
-rove
1 . 漫游
routinize 惯例化rove漫游rover 漂泊者
2 . 绳环
roveclinch nail 弯头舷板钉rove绳环rove绳环;铁环
3 . 铁环
rove绳环rove绳环;铁环rover 海盗
4 . 流浪
...ng around in his bedroom all night.我听到他整夜在卧室里踱来踱去。rove:漂泊,流浪,漫游bands of hooligans roving round the streets 成群结伙在街.