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wander

wander

[英] [ˈwɔndə] [美] [ˈwɑndɚ] 生词本

vt.

vi.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词:Wander  
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  • 词典例句

1. VERB 漫步;闲逛;游荡 If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction. 
  • When he got bored he wandered around the fair...

    他烦了就去集市上逛逛。

  • They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store...

    他们信步朝最近的商店走去。

  • Those who do not have relatives to return to are left to wander the streets and sleep rough.

    举目无亲的人只好四处游荡,露宿街头。

  • Wander is also a noun.
    • A wander around any market will reveal stalls piled high with vegetables.

      随便到哪个市场逛逛,都能看见蔬菜堆得老高的菜摊。

2. VERB 迷路;迷失方向 If a person or animal wanders from a place where they are supposed to stay, they move away from the place without going in a particular direction. 
  • Because Mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far...

    妈妈生怕我们迷路,不准我们走远。

  • To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions.

    为了防止蜜蜂迷路 ,养蜂人给它们喝糖水。

3. VERB 走神;开小差 If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things. 
  • His mind would wander, and he would lose track of what he was doing...

    他会走神,忘了自己正在干什么。

  • Jarvis found his attention wandering...

    贾维斯发现自己走神了。

  • Grace allowed her mind to wander to other things.

    格雷丝任由自己的思绪游走。

4. VERB (目光)游离 If your eyes wander, you stop looking at one thing and start looking around at other things. 
  • His eyes wandered restlessly around the room...

    他的眼睛不安地转来转去,打量着房间。

  • His eyes kept wandering to the picture...

    他的眼神不停地瞄到这幅画上。

  • Read their body language. Are their eyes wandering or are they drumming the desk with their fingers?

    解读他们的肢体语言。他们的眼睛游离不定吗,抑或他们在用手指不停地敲打桌子?

Verb

1. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;

  • "The gypsies roamed the woods"
  • "roving vagabonds"
  • "the wandering Jew"
  • "The cattle roam across the prairie"
  • "the laborers drift from one town to the next"
  • "They rolled from town to town"

2. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;

  • "She cheats on her husband"
  • "Might her husband be wandering?"

3. go via an indirect route or at no set pace;

  • "After dinner, we wandered into town"

4. 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"

5. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking;

  • "She always digresses when telling a story"
  • "her mind wanders"
  • "Don't digress when you give a lecture"
1. Do you wander back to his room number?
你记得他的房间号码吗?

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Don't let your mind wander [be woolgathering] while working.
工作时思想不能开小差。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Don't let your mind wander during the lecture.
在上课时不要让自己的思想开小差。

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4. Don't wander from the subject.; Stick to the point.
别扯远了。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. Don't wander from the subject.
不要离题。

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6. He likes to wander over the countryside.
他喜欢在乡间漫步。

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7. He was constraining his mind not to wander from the task.
他克制着不让思想在工作时开小差。

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8. Nomadic tribes wander these deserts.
游牧部落在这些荒漠上游牧。

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9. The children's playground has been railed in so that the children do not wander on to the main road.
孩子们的操场已用栏杆围在里面,这样孩子们就不会跑到主干道上去。

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10. The dogs have greater freedom too, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure.
那些狗也有了较大的自由,因为允许它们在栅栏外面到处跑跑。

来自《用法词典》

11. The dogs have greater freedom, too, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure.
狗也有较多的自由,因为允许它们在围栏外边随便走动。

来自《用法词典》

12. We dance on the green, dine at the hermitage, and wander in the woods by moonlight.
我们在绿茵上跳舞,在僻静的住所晚餐,在月光下漫步于森林中。

来自《简明英汉词典》

13. When the children left home, she used to wander around the house as if she'd lost something.
每当孩子们离家后,她总是若有所失地在屋子前后转来转去。

来自《简明英汉词典》