释义
[ won -der-ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈwɒn dər ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective moving from place to place without a fixed plan; roaming; rambling: wandering tourists.
having no permanent residence; nomadic: a wandering tribe of Indians.
meandering; winding: a wandering river; a wandering path.
noun an aimless roving about; leisurely traveling from place to place: a period of delightful wandering through Italy.
Usually wanderings. aimless travels; meanderings: Her wanderings took her all over the world. disordered thoughts or utterances; incoherencies: mental wanderings; the wanderings of delirium. seemingly aimless or random movement or locomotion by a person with a mental disorder or cognitive impairment: Wandering by Alzheimer’s patients is a problem in nursing homes. See also elopement (def. 2).
Origin of wandering before 1000; Middle English (noun, adj.), Old English wandrigende (adj.). See wander, -ing2 , -ing1
OTHER WORDS FROM wandering wan·der·ing·ly, adverb wan·der·ing·ness, noun un·wan·der·ing, adjective un·wan·der·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby wandering Wanchüan, wand, Wanda, wander, Wanderer, wandering , wandering abscess, wandering albatross, wandering cell, wandering goiter, Wandering Jew
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And, in a gratuitous show of homicidal prowess, Moses kills two assassins he meets while wandering in the desert of Sinai.
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After wandering at haphazard some little way I met a peasant in a sleigh.
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He showed signs of a restless, wandering soul, someone searching for meaning around him.
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While wandering the grounds, I keep an eye out for suspicious lumps in the dirt.
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At times, from far up the moorland comes down even the strange cry of a buzzard, or the croak of a wandering raven.
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After wandering about for some time, he took up his residence in Charleston, where he amassed a splendid fortune.
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Who knows where he may be wandering as a beggar among people who speak another tongue?
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca | Homer
Wandering hither and thither at hazard, he found himself in the great gallery devoted to Egyptian stone objects and sculpture.
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Gradually the great mountains at the head of the lake freed themselves from the last wandering cloud-wreaths.
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Words related to wandering winding, roving, itinerant, nomadic, meandering, wayfaring, roaming, traveling, jaunting, strolling, trekking, mobile, drifting, straying, rambling, unsettled, deviating, vagrant, migrant, vagabond
Medical definitions for wandering adj. Moving about freely; not fixed; abnormally motile.
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