单词 | meanderer |
释义 | meanderern. 1. A person who wanders aimlessly; a drifter. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > [noun] > without fixed aim or wandering > wandering idly > one who roilera1450 vaguer15.. gadder?1548 street-gadder1574 gadfly1605 gallopera1693 rouseabout1746 gadabout1757 gadabroad1810 meanderer1887 1887 T. N. Page In Ole Virginia (1889) 188 The meanderer was Drinkwater Torm. 1988 T. Williams Dragonbone Chair i. 6 At an age when other boys were clamoring for the responsibilities of manhood, Simon was still a muddler and a meanderer. 1992 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Feb. 15/2 There is always a hint of time-killing..among the studied meanderers round Soane's Dulwich Gallery. 2. A river which meanders. rare. ΚΠ 1970 P. Goodman Homespun of Oatmeal Gray 37 I hope..that I will see the blazing Mississippi south, The meanderer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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