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单词 wanders
释义

wander /wonˈdər/

intransitive verb
  1. To ramble or move with no definite object, or with no fixed course, or by a roundabout way (lit and figurative)
  2. To go astray, deviate from the right path or course, the subject of discussion, the object of attention, etc
  3. To lose one's way (informal)
  4. To be incoherent in talk, disordered in mind, or delirious
transitive verb
  1. To traverse
  2. To lead astray, or to bewilder (informal)
noun

A ramble, stroll

ORIGIN: OE wandrian; cf Ger wandern; related to wend, and to wind2

wanˈdered adjective

  1. Astray
  2. Incoherent
  3. Bewildered

wanˈderer noun

  1. A person or animal that wanders, esp habitually or from inclination
  2. (with cap) a Covenanter who left his or her home to follow a dispossessed minister (historical)

wanˈdering adjective and noun

wanˈderingly adverb

wandering albatross noun

A large albatross, Diomedea exulans

Wandering Jew noun

A legendary Jew in the folklore esp of NW Europe who cannot die but must wander until the end of the world or until Christ's second coming, as a punishment for taunting Christ on the way to the Crucifixion, his name occurring variously as Cartaphilus, Ahasuerus, Buttadeus, etc

wandering Jew noun

Any of several trailing or creeping plants, esp a species of Tradescantia (T. fluminensis) with variegated leaves

wandering nerve noun

The vagus, the tenth cranial nerve

wandering sailor noun

A popular trailing house plant, Tradescantia blossfeldiana, with leaves that are maroon on the underside

wander plug noun

An electrical plug on a flexible wire capable of being inserted in any appropriate socket

wander year noun

A year spent in travel to complete training or broaden experience before settling down to a trade or profession

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