資料來源 : pyDict
徘徊的,流浪的,蜿蜒的流浪,夢話
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Wander \Wan"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin
to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind}
to turn.]
1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
with no definite object in view; to range about; to
stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.
They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
--Heb. xi. 37.
He wandereth abroad for bread. --Job xv. 23.
2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.
When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
--Gen. xx. 13.
O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
cxix. 10.
3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
to rave; as, the mind wanders.
Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
swerve; deviate; depart.
Wandering \Wan"der*ing\,
a. & n. from {Wander}, v.
{Wandering albatross} (Zo["o]l.), the great white albatross.
See Illust. of {Albatross}.
{Wandering cell} (Physiol.), an animal cell which possesses
the power of spontaneous movement, as one of the white
corpuscles of the blood.
{Wandering Jew} (Bot.), any one of several creeping species
of {Tradescantia}, which have alternate, pointed leaves,
and a soft, herbaceous stem which roots freely at the
joints. They are commonly cultivated in hanging baskets,
window boxes, etc.
{Wandering kidney} (Med.), a morbid condition in which one
kidney, or, rarely, both kidneys, can be moved in certain
directions; -- called also {floating kidney}, {movable
kidney}.
{Wandering liver} (Med.), a morbid condition of the liver,
similar to wandering kidney.
{Wandering mouse} (Zo["o]l.), the whitefooted, or deer,
mouse. See Illust. of {Mouse}.
{Wandering spider} (Zo["o]l.), any one of a tribe of spiders
that wander about in search of their prey.
資料來源 : WordNet®
wandering
n : travelling about without any clear destination; "she
followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"
[syn: {roving}, {vagabondage}]
wandering
adj 1: (of groups of people) tending to travel and change
settlements frequently; "a restless mobile society";
"the nomadic habits of the Bedouins"; "believed the
profession of a peregrine typist would have a happy
future"; "wandering tribes" [syn: {mobile}, {nomadic},
{peregrine}, {roving}]
2: of a path e.g.; "meandering streams"; "rambling forest
paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a
winding country road" [syn: {meandering(a)}, {rambling}, {wandering(a)},
{winding}]
3: having no fixed course; "an erratic comet"; "his life
followed a wandering course"; "a planetary vagabond" [syn:
{erratic}, {planetary}]