英语词汇“wayward”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

waywardway‧ward /ˈweɪwəd $ -wərd/ adjective

WORD ORIGINwayward

Origin:

1300-1400 awayward ‘turned away’ (13-16 centuries), from away + -ward

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for wayward Dalmatians.
Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her wayward granddaughter.
The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it.
The dashboard sports a gash from wayward bicycle gears.
They were both very smart and correct, but Grandad was a little more wayward.

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stray/wayward curl

(=hanging in an untidy way)· Emily pushed back a stray curl.

behaving badly, in a way that is difficult to control:

a wayward teenager—waywardness noun [uncountable]

单词	wayward
释义	waywardway‧ward /ˈweɪwəd $ -wərd/ adjective Word Origin WORD ORIGINwayward Origin: 1300-1400 awayward ‘turned away’ (13-16 centuries), from away + -ward Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES wayward youth EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for wayward Dalmatians. Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her wayward granddaughter. The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it. The dashboard sports a gash from wayward bicycle gears. They were both very smart and correct, but Grandad was a little more wayward. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a stray/wayward curl (=hanging in an untidy way)· Emily pushed back a stray curl. behaving badly, in a way that is difficult to control: a wayward teenager—waywardness noun [uncountable]
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