promenade: [16] Promenade was borrowed from French. It was a derivative of se promener ‘go for a walk’, which came from late Latin prōmināre ‘drive forward’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix prō- ‘forward’ and mināre ‘drive’. It was originally used in English for a ‘leisurely walk’; ‘place for walking’ followed in the mid-17th century, but it does not seem to have been applied specifically to a ‘walk-way by the sea’ until the end of the 18th century. The abbreviation prom dates from the early 20th century. The term promenade concert originated in the 1830s.
promenade (n.)
1560s, "leisurely walk," from Middle French promenade (16c.), from se promener "go for a walk," from Late Latin prominare "to drive (animals) onward," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + minare "to drive (animals) with shouts," from minari "to threaten" (see menace (n.)).
Meaning "place for walking" is 1640s; specifically "walkway by the sea" late 18c.; British sense of "music hall favored by 'loose women and the simpletons who run after them'" is attested from 1863. Sense of "dance given by a school" is from 1887.
promenade (v.)
"to make a promenade," 1580s, from promenade (n.). Related: Promenaded; promenading.
实用例句
1. They walked along the promenade on a rainy night.
他们在一个雨夜沿着海滨道散步。来自柯林斯例句
2. People came out in smarter clothes to promenade along the front.
人们穿上更加时髦漂亮的衣服，沿着海滨散步。来自柯林斯例句
3. A wide promenade allows many people to walk at the same time.
宽阔的人行道可容许多人同时行走.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. We took a promenade along the canal after Sunday dinner.
星期天晚饭后我们沿着运河散步.来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The Easter promenade is well known as a fashion show.
