gambol

• vi. 雀跃； 耍闹
• 跳ぶ；遊ぶ

ラテン語のgamba, legから、語源的にはgambit, gammonと同じ。すなわち、歩く、走る、遊ぶ。

gambol (n.)

"frolic, merrymaking," 1590s, earlier gambolde "a skipping, a leap or spring" (1510s), from Middle French gambade (15c.), from Late Latin gamba "horse's hock or leg," from Greek kampe "a bending" (on notion of "a joint"), from PIE *kamp- "to bend" (see campus). Ending altered perhaps by confusion with formerly common ending -aud, -ald (as in ribald).

gambol (v.)

"skip about in sport," 1580s; earlier gambade (c. 1500), from Middle French gambader, from gambade (see gambol (n.)). Compare Middle English gambon "a ham" (see gammon); English dialectal gammerel "small of the leg;" gamble "a leg." Related: Gamboled; gamboling; gambolling.

1. He determined to revisit the scene of the last evening's gambol .

他决计再到昨晚嬉戏的地方去一趟.

2. It's a real treat to have the opportunity to meet Dr. Gambol .

有机会见到甘博博士真的很难得.