itinerant
adjective /aɪˈtɪnərənt/
/aɪˈtɪnərənt/
[usually before noun] (formal)- travelling from place to place, especially to find work
巡回的；流动的；（尤指为找工作）四处奔波的 - itinerant workers/musicians
流动工人；巡回乐师 - to lead an itinerant life
过漂泊不定的生活
- He was the son of an itinerant oil field worker.
他是一个流动油田工人的儿子。 - People soon heard that there was an itinerant preacher in town.
人们很快听说镇上有一个巡回传教士。
Collocations DictionaryItinerant is used with these nouns:- preacher
- trader
词源late 16th cent. (used to describe a judge travelling on a circuit): from late Latin itinerant- ‘travelling’, from the verb itinerari, from Latin iter, itiner- ‘journey, road’. - itinerant workers/musicians