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meandering

/mee-an-der/US // miˈæn dər //UK // (mɪˈændə) //

蜿蜒曲折,弯弯曲曲的,弯弯曲曲,蜿蜒曲折的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to proceed by or take a winding or indirect course: The stream meandered through the valley.
    • : to wander aimlessly; ramble: The talk meandered on.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : Surveying. to define the margin of with a meander line.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually meanders. turnings or windings; a winding path or course.
    • : a circuitous movement or journey.
    • : an intricate variety of fret or fretwork.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Though conversational and often witty, his meandering phrases become increasingly unpredictable as they develop.

  • If none of those options appeal to you, you might consider meandering over to a country with a different economic system.

  • He was obsessed with detail and had a slow, meandering style.

  • We watched her float about, a meandering frown, for two whole hours in the season premiere as she mourned the death of Matthew.

  • And that makes for a meandering, challenging, non-escapist viewing.

  • Our route next day through the narrow byways of Dorsetshire was a meandering one.

  • Of course, these caused more or less meandering, but in the end they came to a place where Tolly Tip raised a warning finger.

  • Moreover, an auxiliary stream was meandering over the table, making rapid progress towards the rose-coloured silk and white lace.

  • Some woollens are woven simply like linen; some are wide, some very narrow, sewn together in strips, woven in meandering designs.

  • The climate demands such, since the answer can be almost anything, a meandering spreading-of-weight kind of answer.