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单词
wayward
释义
wayward
way‧ward
/
ˈweɪwəd
$
-wərd
/
adjective
Word Origin
WORD ORIGIN
wayward
Origin:
1300-1400
awayward
‘turned away’
(13-16 centuries)
, from
away
+
-ward
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
wayward
youth
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for
wayward
Dalmatians.
Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her
wayward
granddaughter.
The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a
wayward
spark to ignite it.
The dashboard sports a gash from
wayward
bicycle gears.
They were both very smart and correct, but Grandad was a little more
wayward
.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
►
a stray/wayward curl
(=
hanging in an untidy way
)
·
Emily pushed back a stray curl.
behaving badly, in a way that is difficult to control
:
a wayward teenager
—
waywardness
noun
[uncountable]
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