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单词 wanderlust
释义
wanderlustwan‧der‧lust /ˈwɒndəlʌst $ ˈwɑːndər-/ noun [singular, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwanderlust
Origin:
1900-2000 German wandern ‘to wander’ + lust ‘desire’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • It was not wanderlust alone that make him keen to visit Brazil. He thought he might hear news of his natural mother there.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • But what I like about him most is his wanderlust.
  • Daughter June had inherited some of her father's wanderlust and had a yearning for show business.
  • Others come for a week or two; then, fired by wanderlust, they take off again.
  • The day became sunny yet stayed cool, and l got the wanderlust to walk in the woods.
  • They've never succeeded: sickness, hunger, wanderlust, something drives them on.
  • When I became a freelance writer in 1989, I finally found a career which could accommodate wanderlust.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatora strong desire to travel
written a strong desire to travel and to experience life in other countries: · It was not wanderlust alone that made him keen to visit Brazil. He thought he might hear news of his natural mother there.
British informal the desire to travel, which makes it difficult for you to stay in one place for very long: · I always get itchy feet at this time of year, in the spring.
a strong desire to travel to different places
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