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单词 vagary
释义 va·gary
\ˈvāgərē, -ri; vəˈger-, vāˈg-, -ˈga(a)r-, -ˈgār- sometimes ˈvāˌg-; sometimes ˈvagər- or ˈvaigər-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: probably from Latin vagari to move about, wander; akin to Latin vagus wandering, Old Irish fān slope, bend, Sanskrit vañcati he goes crooked — more at prevaricate
1. archaic : journey, excursion, tour
 < permitted to make a walking vagary throughout all London — W.E.Andrews >
2. archaic : an aimless digression
 < presently would fall into a wordy vagary — Richard Baxter >
3.
 a. obsolete : a departure from the regular, lawful, or proper course of conduct
 b. : caper, frolic
  < into strange vagaries fell, as they would dance — John Milton >
4. : a departure from an expected, normal, or logical order or course:
 a. : a capricious, eccentric, or unpredictable action
  < fearing to entrust his person to the vagaries of some erratic cabdriver — David Walden >
 b. : a change that is hard to predict or explain
  < dependence of the schooner men upon the vagaries of weather — American Guide Series: Michigan >
  < made the best of the vagaries of circumstance — Rose Macaulay >
  < these prospects … hinge on the vagaries of politics — Fortune >
  < independent of the vagaries of the international market — Vicki Baum >
  < passes through a series of vagaries and vicissitudes — John Barkham >
 c. : a whimsical, fanciful, or extravagant idea or notion
  < his mind seemed … to be abandoned to vagaries — S.H.Adams >
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