wandering 音標拼音: [w'ɑndɚɪŋ]
a . 徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的
n . 流浪,夢話
徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的流浪,夢話
wandering adj 1 :
migratory ; "
a restless mobile society "; "
the nomadic habits of the Bedouins "; "
believed the profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy future "; "
wandering tribes " [
synonym : {
mobile }, {
nomadic }, {
peregrine }, {
roving },
{
wandering }]
2 :
of a path e .
g .; "
meandering streams "; "
rambling forest paths "; "
the river followed its wandering course "; "
a winding country road " [
synonym : {
meandering (
a )}, {
rambling },
{
wandering (
a )}, {
winding }]
3 :
having no fixed course ; "
an erratic comet "; "
his life followed a wandering course "; "
a planetary vagabond " [
synonym :
{
erratic }, {
planetary }, {
wandering }]
n 1 :
travelling about without any clear destination ; "
she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him " [
synonym :
{
wandering }, {
roving }, {
vagabondage }]
Wandering \
Wan "
der *
ing \,
a . &
n .
from {
Wander },
v .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Wandering albatross } (
Zool .),
the great white albatross .
See Illust .
of {
Albatross }.
{
Wandering cell } (
Physiol .),
an animal cell which possesses the power of spontaneous movement ,
as one of the white corpuscles of the blood .
{
Wandering Jew } (
Bot .),
any one of several creeping species of {
Tradescantia },
which have alternate ,
pointed leaves ,
and a soft ,
herbaceous stem which roots freely at the joints .
They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets ,
window boxes ,
etc .
{
Wandering kidney } (
Med .),
a morbid condition in which one kidney ,
or ,
rarely ,
both kidneys ,
can be moved in certain directions ; --
called also {
floating kidney }, {
movable kidney }.
{
Wandering liver } (
Med .),
a morbid condition of the liver ,
similar to wandering kidney .
{
Wandering mouse } (
Zool .),
the whitefooted ,
or deer ,
mouse .
See Illust .
of {
Mouse }.
{
Wandering spider } (
Zool .),
any one of a tribe of spiders that wander about in search of their prey .
[
1913 Webster ]
Wander \
Wan "
der \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Wandered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Wandering }.] [
OE .
wandren ,
wandrien ,
AS .
wandrian ;
akin to G .
wandern to wander ;
fr .
AS .
windan to turn .
See {
Wind }
to turn .]
[
1913 Webster ]
1 .
To ramble here and there without any certain course or with no definite object in view ;
to range about ;
to stroll ;
to rove ;
as ,
to wander over the fields .
[
1913 Webster ]
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins .
--
Heb .
xi .
37 .
[
1913 Webster ]
He wandereth abroad for bread . --
Job xv .
23 .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To go away ;
to depart ;
to stray off ;
to deviate ;
to go astray ;
as ,
a writer wanders from his subject .
[
1913 Webster ]
When God caused me to wander from my father '
s house .
--
Gen .
xx .
13 .
[
1913 Webster ]
O ,
let me not wander from thy commandments . --
Ps .
cxix .
10 .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To be delirious ;
not to be under the guidance of reason ;
to rave ;
as ,
the mind wanders .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
To roam ;
rove ;
range ;
stroll ;
gad ;
stray ;
straggly ;
err ;
swerve ;
deviate ;
depart .
[
1913 Webster ]
341 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wandering ":
Wanderjahr ,
aberrancy ,
aberrant ,
aberration ,
aberrative ,
abnormal ,
adrift ,
afebrile delirium ,
afloat ,
afoot and lighthearted ,
aimless ,
aimlessness ,
alternating ,
ambulant ,
amorphous ,
anomalistic ,
anomalous ,
babbling ,
bend ,
bereft of reason ,
bias ,
brainsick ,
brainstorm ,
branching off ,
broken ,
bumming ,
by the way ,
capricious ,
careening ,
casual ,
catchy ,
changeable ,
changeful ,
choppy ,
circuitous ,
circuitousness ,
circumforaneous ,
corner ,
crackbrained ,
cracked ,
crazed ,
crazy ,
crook ,
curve ,
daft ,
declination ,
delirious ,
deliriousness ,
delirium ,
deluded ,
demented ,
departing ,
departure ,
deprived of reason ,
deranged ,
desultoriness ,
desultory ,
detour ,
deviable ,
deviance ,
deviancy ,
deviant ,
deviating ,
deviation ,
deviative ,
deviatory ,
devious ,
deviousness ,
different ,
digression ,
digressive ,
digressiveness ,
disarticulated ,
disconnected ,
discontinuous ,
discursion ,
discursive ,
discursiveness ,
disjunct ,
disordered ,
disoriented ,
dispersed ,
disproportionate ,
distracted ,
distrait ,
distraught ,
divagation ,
divagatory ,
divarication ,
divergence ,
divergent ,
diversion ,
dizzy ,
dogleg ,
double ,
drift ,
drifting ,
eccentric ,
episodic ,
errant ,
errantry ,
erratic ,
excursion ,
excursive ,
excursus ,
exorbitation ,
fast and loose ,
fickle ,
fitful ,
flickering ,
flighty ,
flitting ,
floating ,
fluctuating ,
footloose ,
footloose and fancy -
free ,
formless ,
frantic ,
freakish ,
frivolous ,
fugitive ,
gadding ,
giddy ,
gratuitous ,
guttering ,
gypsy -
like ,
gypsyish ,
hairpin ,
hallucinated ,
halting ,
haphazard ,
herky -
jerky ,
heteroclite ,
heteromorphic ,
hit -
or -
miss ,
hoboism ,
immethodical ,
impetuous ,
impulsive ,
inchoate ,
incoherence ,
incoherent ,
inconsistent ,
inconstant ,
indecisive ,
indirect ,
indirection ,
indiscriminate ,
infirm ,
insane ,
intermittent ,
intermitting ,
irrational ,
irregular ,
irresolute ,
irresponsible ,
itineracy ,
itinerancy ,
jerky ,
labyrinthine ,
landloping ,
lightheaded ,
lingual delirium ,
loco ,
loose ,
lunatic ,
lurching ,
mad ,
maddened ,
manic ,
maundering ,
mazed ,
mazy ,
meandering ,
meaningless ,
mental ,
mentally deficient ,
mercurial ,
meshuggah ,
migrational ,
migratory ,
misshapen ,
moody ,
moon -
struck ,
nomad ,
nomadic ,
nomadism ,
non compos ,
non compos mentis ,
nonsymmetrical ,
nonsystematic ,
nonuniform ,
not all there ,
not right ,
obliquity ,
odd ,
of unsound mind ,
off ,
orderless ,
out -
of -
the -
way ,
patchy ,
perambulatory ,
peregrination ,
pererration ,
planetary ,
planless ,
promiscuous ,
psycho ,
queer ,
ramble ,
rambling ,
random ,
ranging ,
ranting ,
raving ,
reasonless ,
restless ,
roam ,
roaming ,
rough ,
rove ,
roving ,
scatterbrained ,
scrappy ,
senseless ,
serpentine ,
shapeless ,
sheer ,
shift ,
shifting ,
shifting course ,
shifting path ,
shifty ,
shuffling ,
sick ,
skew ,
slant ,
snaky ,
snatchy ,
spasmatic ,
spasmic ,
spasmodic ,
spastic ,
spineless ,
sporadic ,
spotty ,
staggering ,
stark -
mad ,
stark -
staring mad ,
straggling ,
straggly ,
strange ,
stray ,
straying ,
strolling ,
subnormal ,
sweep ,
swerve ,
swerving ,
swinging ,
systemless ,
tack ,
tetched ,
touched ,
traipsing ,
transient ,
transitory ,
transmigratory ,
turn ,
turning ,
twist ,
twisting ,
unaccountable ,
unarranged ,
unbalanced ,
uncertain ,
unclassified ,
uncontrolled ,
undependable ,
undirected ,
undisciplined ,
unequal ,
uneven ,
unfixed ,
ungraded ,
unhinged ,
unjoined ,
unmethodical ,
unmetrical ,
unnatural ,
unordered ,
unorganized ,
unpredictable ,
unregular ,
unreliable ,
unrestrained ,
unrhythmical ,
unsane ,
unsettled ,
unsorted ,
unsound ,
unstable ,
unstable as water ,
unstaid ,
unsteadfast ,
unsteady ,
unsymmetrical ,
unsystematic ,
ununiform ,
vacillating ,
vagabond ,
vagabondage ,
vagabondia ,
vagabondism ,
vagrancy ,
vagrant ,
vague ,
variable ,
variation ,
veer ,
veering ,
vicissitudinary ,
vicissitudinous ,
volatile ,
wanderlust ,
wanton ,
warp ,
wavering ,
wavery ,
wavy ,
wayfaring ,
wayward ,
whimsical ,
wild ,
winding ,
wishy -
washy ,
witless ,
wobbling ,
wobbly ,
yaw ,
zigzag
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
複製到剪貼板
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
WANDERING Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of WANDERING is characterized by aimless, slow, or pointless movement How to use wandering in a sentence
WANDERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary WANDERING definition: 1 present participle of wander 2 to walk around slowly in a relaxed way or without any clear… Learn more
WANDERING Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Wandering definition: moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling See examples of WANDERING used in a sentence
Wandering - definition of wandering by The Free Dictionary 1 moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming 2 having no permanent residence; nomadic 3 meandering; winding: a wandering river n 4 an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place: a summer of delightful wandering through Italy
WANDERING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Wandering is used to describe people who travel around rather than staying in one place for a long time
Wandering: A Complete Guide to Understanding, Using, and . . . Wandering is a versatile word that describes the act of moving aimlessly or without a fixed destination It can refer to physical movement, like strolling through a park, or to mental movements, like letting your thoughts drift
wandering - WordReference. com Dictionary of English to go, move, pass, or extend in an irregular course or direction:[no object] His gaze wandered briefly around the room to stray, as from a path or subject:[no object] Your thoughts are wandering to travel about, on, or through:[~ + object] to wander the countryside roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth
WANDERING - Definition Meaning - Reverso English Dictionary wandering definition: moving from place to place without a fixed course Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, and related words Discover expressions like "mind is wandering", "wandering mind", "wandering eyes"
WANDER Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of WANDER is to move about without a fixed course, aim, or goal How to use wander in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Wander
WANDER | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city She was found several hours later, wandering the streets, lost He was here a minute ago but he's wandered off somewhere