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单词 wander off
释义
(phrasal verb) 
Definition
to leave a place where one is supposed to stay
The child wandered off and got lost.
Synonyms
stray
A railway line crosses the park so children must not be allowed to stray.
roam
They were encouraged not to let their cattle roam freely.
go astray
lose your way
drift
People drifted around the room.
depart
It takes a brave cook to depart radically from the traditional menu.
rove
roving about the town in the dead of night
straggle
They came straggling up the cliff road.
See wander

Additional synonyms

in the sense of depart
Definition
to differ or deviate
It takes a brave cook to depart radically from the traditional menu.
Synonyms
deviate,
vary,
differ,
stray,
veer,
swerve,
diverge,
digress,
turn aside
in the sense of drift
Definition
to move aimlessly from one place or activity to another
People drifted around the room.
Synonyms
wander,
stroll,
stray,
roam,
meander,
rove,
range,
straggle,
traipse (informal),
stravaig (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect),
peregrinate
in the sense of roam
Definition
to walk about with no fixed purpose or direction
They were encouraged not to let their cattle roam freely.
Synonyms
wander,
walk,
range,
travel,
drift,
stroll,
stray,
ramble,
prowl,
meander,
rove,
stravaig (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect),
peregrinate

Nearby words of
wander off

  • wan
  • wand
  • wander
  • wander off
  • wander off something
  • wanderer
  • wandering

Related terms of
wander off

  • wander off something

Synonyms of 'wander off'

wander off

Additional synonyms

in the sense of rove
Definition
to wander about (a place)
roving about the town in the dead of night
Synonyms
wander,
range,
cruise,
drift,
stroll,
stray,
roam,
ramble,
meander,
traipse (informal),
go walkabout (Australian),
gallivant,
gad about,
stravaig (Scottish, NorthernEngland, dialect)
in the sense of straggle
Definition
to linger behind or wander from a main line or part
They came straggling up the cliff road.
Synonyms
trail,
drift,
wander,
range,
lag,
stray,
roam,
ramble,
rove,
loiter,
string out
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