单词 | wayward |
释义 | wayward (weɪwəʳd ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe a person or their behaviour as wayward, you mean that they behave in a selfish, bad, or unpredictable way, and are difficult to control. ...wayward children with a history of severe emotional problems. Synonyms: erratic, unruly, wilful, unmanageable waywardness uncountable noun [oft with poss] ...the curiosity, caprice and waywardness of children. Collocations: wayward drive Playing the par-five 9th, his last, he paid for a wayward drive and a three-putt with a double bogey that dropped him down the field. Times, Sunday Times Then came the wayward drive at the 1st. Times, Sunday Times He then repeated the mistake at the 18th with a wayward drive. The Sun A wayward drive at the last hole had landed in scrubland that spectators had been walking across. Times, Sunday Times He rescued a wayward drive on the next after his ball rolled off the fairway into the dunes, but sauntered to the finish seemingly without a care. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 任性的 Japanese: 気まぐれな |
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