| 单词 | meander |
| 释义 | meander (once / 3045 pages) vn To meander means to wander aimlessly on a winding roundabout course. If you want some time to yourself after school, you might meander home, taking the time to window shop and look around. Meander comes from a river in modern-day Turkey, the Maiandros, which winds and wanders on its course. Today, a stream or a path meanders, as does a person who walks somewhere in a roundabout fashion. If your speech meanders, you don't keep to the point. It's hard to understand what your teacher is trying to impart if he keeps meandering off with anecdotes and digressions. Pronounce meander with three syllables not two — me-AN-der. WORD FAMILYmeander: meandered, meandering, meanders+/meandering: meanderingly USAGE EXAMPLESWhile I meandered through my twenties, locked in my pseudo-bohemian stance, the remnants of that money rumbled along. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) A flop of a first half and more meandering in the third quarter put Washington in a troubling spot. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) From the Place d’Italie, I like to meander back to the Butte-aux-Cailles, one of the original bastions of Paris street art. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1v move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course the path meanders through the vineyards Syn|Hypo|Hyper thread, wander, weave, wind wander go via an indirect route or at no set pace snake move along a winding path go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically 2n an aimless amble on a winding course Syn|Hyper ramble amble, perambulation, promenade, saunter, stroll a leisurely walk (usually in some public place) 3n a bend or curve, as in a stream or river Hypo|Hyper oxbow a U-shaped curve in a stream curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes |
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