動詞 gallivant:

1. wander aimlessly in search of pleasure
   同義詞：gad, jazz around

1. They should spend less time gallivanting about and more with their children.
   他們應少到各處游蕩，多用些時間照看子女。

gallivant 也作 gal.a.vant

v.intr.（不及物動詞）
gal.li.vant.ed,gal.li.vant.ing,gal.li.vants
To roam about in search of pleasure or amusement.See Synonyms at wander
游蕩，游樂：為了找尋快樂或娛樂而閑逛、漫游參見 wander
To play around amorously; flirt.
同異性調(diào)情；賣弄風情

來源：
Perhaps alteration of gallant
可能為 gallant的變化

<注釋>Ladies` men and gambling are no strangers,as the history of the wordgallivant may attest. Gallivant, which is first recorded in English in 89, is thought possibly to be an alteration of the wordgallant, .to play the gallant or dandy, flirt,.under the influence of the wordlevant, .to leave quickly and secretly, especially as a gambler might do to avoid payment of debts..The wordlevant may hark back to the notion of the Levant, the countries of the Near East, as a far-off place where someone might go to hide. In French the phrasefaire voile en Levant, which means literally .to sail into the Levant,. actually means .to be stolen..When a person gallivanted,the person was at one time playing the gallant, perhaps with the intention of stealing away with a heart or two.One can still gallivant with others or simply gallivant on one`s own.
好向女人獻殷勤的男人和賭博并不是不相干，就如同gallivant 的歷史所表明的一樣。 Gallivant 一詞于89年第一次收錄進英語， 被認為可能是gallant 的變體， 意為.調(diào)情；賣弄風情.，并受到詞語levant 的影響， 其意為.迅速而秘密地離去，尤指一個賭徒為了逃避賭債可能做的。.單詞levant 可追溯到黎凡特的概念，指作為有人想要躲藏的遙遠地方的近東一些國家。 在法語中短語faire voile en Levant 字面含義為.航行到黎凡特，. 實際意思為.被偷了。.當一個人調(diào)情時，他調(diào)一次情卻可能有意偷走一兩顆心。一個人可能還會與別人調(diào)情或只是與自己的情人調(diào)情