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meander 音標拼音: [mi'ændɚ] n. 河流的曲折,漫步,迂回旅行
vi. 緩慢而彎曲地流動,漫談
vt. 使蜿蜒曲折 河流的曲折,漫步,迂回旅行緩慢而彎曲地流動,漫談使蜿蜒曲折 meander n 1: a bend or curve, as in a stream or river 2: an aimless amble on a winding course [ synonym: { ramble}, { meander}] v 1: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course; " the river winds through the hills"; " the path meanders through the vineyards"; " sometimes, the gout wanders through the entire body" [ synonym: { weave}, { wind}, { thread}, { meander}, { wander}] Meander \ Me* an" der\, v. t. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. -- Dryton. [ 1913 Webster]
Meander \ Me* an" der\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Meandered}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Meandering}.] To wind or turn in a course or passage; to be intricate. [ 1913 Webster] Five miles meandering with a mazy motion Through wood and dale the sacred river ran. -- Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster]
Meander \ Me* an" der\, n. [ L. Maeander, orig., a river in Phrygia, proverbial for its many windings, Gr. ?: cf. F. m[' e] andre.] 1. A winding, crooked, or involved course; as, the meanders of the veins and arteries. -- Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster] While lingering rivers in meanders glide. -- Sir R. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A tortuous or intricate movement. [ 1913 Webster] 3. ( Arch.) Fretwork. See { Fret}. [ 1913 Webster] 137 Moby Thesaurus words for " meander": Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, Rube Goldberg contraption, S- curve, ambages, amble, anfractuosity, bat around, bend, bending, bends, bow, bowing, bum, can of worms, circuitousness, circumambages, circumbendibus, circumlocution, circumvolution, coils, complex, conflexure, contort, convolution, corkscrew, count ties, crinkle, crinkling, curves, deflection, divagate, drift, err, excurse, flection, flex, flexuosity, flexuousness, flexure, flit, gad, gad about, gallivant, geanticline, geosyncline, go about, go adrift, go astray, go the rounds, hairpin turn, hit the road, hit the trail, hobo, inflection, intorsion, intort, involution, jaunt, jungle, knock about, knock around, knot, labyrinth, loops, maze, meandering, mesh, mess, mooch, mosey, nomadize, oxbow, peregrinate, pererrate, perplex, prowl, ramble, range, ravel, reflection, rivulation, roam, rove, run about, saunter, scallop, screw, serpentine, sinuation, sinuosity, sinuousness, slink, slinkiness, snafu, snake, snake pit, snakiness, snarl, straggle, stray, stroll, sweep, swirl, tangle, tangled skein, torsion, tortility, tortuosity, tortuousness, traipse, tramp, turn, turning, twine, twirl, twist, twist and turn, twisting, undulation, vagabond, vagabondize, walk the tracks, wander, wave, waving, wayfare, webwork, wheels within wheels, whirl, whorl, wilderness, wind, winding, worm, wring, zigzag
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