ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n]不固定的;经常出差的;流动的 If someone has a peripatetic life or career, they travel around a lot, living or working in places for short periods of time. 不固定的;经常出差的;流动的 [formal]
Her father was in the army and the family led a peripatetic existence.
她父亲是军人,所以全家人随军过着一种流动的生活。
...a hectic, peripatetic life full of people and parties.