wander
英['wɒndə]
美['wɑndɚ]
- vi. 徘徊；漫步；迷路；离题
- vt. 游荡，漫游
- n. (Wander)人名；(英)万德(女子教名)
英英释意
- 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"