wander
流浪,徘徊,流浪者,徘徊不前
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Definitions
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- : to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- : to go aimlessly, indirectly, or casually; meander: The river wanders among the rocks.
- : to extend in an irregular course or direction: Foothills wandered off to the south.
- : to move, pass, or turn idly, as the hand or the eyes.
- : to take one direction or another without conscious intent or control: His attention wandered as the speaker droned on.
- : to stray from a path, place, companions, etc.: During the storm the ship wandered from its course.
- : to deviate in conduct, belief, etc.; err; go astray: Let me not wander from Thy Commandments.
- : to think or speak confusedly or incoherently.
- : to move about or walk in a seemingly aimless or random manner.
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- : to travel about, on, or through: He wandered the streets.
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- : Mechanics. the drift of a gyroscope or a similar device.
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Examples
As Yellowstone bears increasingly wander outside the sanctuary of the park, they run an ever-greater risk of getting shot.
Some kids are prone to letting their minds wander and daydreaming.
Save for the clip of heels as visitors wander around the gallery, the venue is silent.
Finally, I have to wander slightly off brief with my last two recommendations.
One can even rent out the villa here or wander down from the Arc de Triomphe and peek through the fence.
He allowed his mind to wander back into the past—back many years to the time when he had gone into the country to take a meal.
Of all the inhabitants of London chambers those are the most lonely who never wander away from London.
Sometimes Jehosophat's father opens the gate in the fence and lets the geese wander down to the pond.
Literally and figuratively, their lives seemed to wander through flowery pleasure-paths.
She appeared to wander in her mind, for sometimes her words were coherent, at other times she merely babbled.