wandering 音标拼音: [w'ɑndɚɪŋ]
a . 徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的
n . 流浪,梦话
徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的流浪,梦话
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
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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 seemingly aimless or random movement from one place to another by a person with a mental or cognitive disability or impairment Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes Examples have not been reviewed
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 - 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, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Whether you’re a teacher or a learner, Vocabulary com can put you or your class on the path to systematic vocabulary improvement
wandering - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (medicine, of an organ) Abnormally capable of moving in certain directions Travelling without preset route; roaming Irregular turning of the eyes Aimless thought Straying from a desired path (chiefly in the plural) Disordered speech or delirium
What does Wandering mean? - Definitions. net Wandering refers to moving about without a definite destination or purpose, often associated with aimless or random movement It can also imply moving or deviating away from a standard or intended course
WANDERING Synonyms: 96 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for WANDERING: rambling, leaping, excursive, indirect, discursive, meandering, maundering, desultory; Antonyms of WANDERING: consistent, logical, coherent, direct, focused, focussed, straightforward, undeviating
WANDER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary [ I] We spent the morning wandering around the old part of the city If your mind or your thoughts wander, you stop thinking about what you should be giving your attention to and start thinking about other matters :