英:[miˈændə(r)]
美:[miˈændər]
英:[miˈændə(r)]
美:[miˈændər]
me·an·der
mi aen dr
复数:meanders
第三人称单数:meanders
现在分词:meandering
过去式:meandered
过去分词:meandered
meandering (adj.), meanderingly (adv.), meanderer (n.)
noun
a winding path or courseespecially: labyrinth
the new path, which he supposed only to make a few meanders—Samuel Johnson
a turn or winding of a stream
The meander eventually became isolated from the main stream.
verb
intransitive verb
to follow a winding or intricate course
across the ceiling meandered a long crack—John Galsworthy
to wander aimlessly or casually without urgent destination : ramble
he meandered with the sightseers gawping at the boat people—John le Carré
1570年代,“混乱,复杂”(现已过时),源自拉丁语 meander “蜿蜒曲折的路线”,来自希腊语 Maiandros,是卡里亚地区一条以其蜿蜒曲折的路线而闻名的河流的名称(希腊人用这个名字比喻曲折的图案)。在英语中,指河流的路线从1590年代开始使用。指“蜿蜒曲折的路线,通道中的弯曲或转弯”意义始于1630年代。已尝试的形容词形式有 meandrine(1846年); meandrous(1650年代); meandrian(约1600年); meandry(1610年代)。
曲流
Noun and Verb Latin maeander, from Greek maiandros, from Maiandros (now Menderes), river in Asia Minor
The first known use of meander was in 1599
meaninglessadjective
having no meaning or significance
meaningless chatter
lacking motive
a meaningless murder
meaningfuladjective
having a meaning or purpose
meaningful work
full of meaning : significant
a meaningful experience
meaningfuladjective
having a meaning or purpose
meaningful work
full of meaning : significant
a meaningful experience
meaningfuladjective
having a meaning or purpose
meaningful work
full of meaning : significant
a meaningful experience
meaning1 of 2noun
the sense one intends to communicate especially by language
do not mistake my meaning
the sense that is communicated
the poem's meaning is clear
purpose sense 1, intention
intent to communicate information : significance
a glance full of meaning
meaning2 of 2adjective
conveying or intended to convey meaning : significant
a meaning look
meander1 of 2noun
a turn or winding of a stream
a winding path or course
meander2 of 2verb
to follow a winding or complicated course
to wander without a goal or purpose
meander1 of 2noun
a turn or winding of a stream
a winding path or course
meander2 of 2verb
to follow a winding or complicated course
to wander without a goal or purpose
meander1 of 2noun
a turn or winding of a stream
a winding path or course
meander2 of 2verb
to follow a winding or complicated course
to wander without a goal or purpose
1 A song could simply be a nice meandering tune, plain and simple.
2 The discussion meandered (on) for hours.
讨论会漫无边际地进行了几小时。
3 A herd of elk had walked down the mountain road onto the main street in the village, meandering past stores as if they were souvenir shopping.
4 On the holidays, scruffy children would meander into our home, along with homeless people.
5 The path meanders through the garden.
6 He was a slow, tottering little thing, but Roz was rarely in a hurry, and together they loved meandering along the forest paths and around the banks of the pond.
7 Still, I brush my teeth before meandering down the hall, effectively killing another five minutes.
8 They bushwhacked up the valley, following elephant trails that meandered beside a little stream that ran through stands of olive trees and grassy meadows.
9 Major changes in a river course result in both lateral shifts of the old meander belt and in the development of new belts.
河道中大的变动,造成老河曲带的侧向迁移和新河曲带的产生。
10 Instead, the Greeks just saw the terms as simply getting smaller and smaller, meandering outside the realm of numbers.
11 Dimple glanced down at the list as they meandered toward a patch of green field where a few students were tossing around a football.
12 Looking down, Harry saw Grawp the giant meandering past, swinging what looked like a stone gargoyle torn from the roof and roaring his displeasure.
13 Cole felt a part of the patterns as he meandered along the shore.
14 We meandered past them, but a few of the regulars raising their hats.
15 As the cool breeze of night set in, neighboring families pulled up plastic lawn chairs to conduct “chair committee” and casually meander over the day’s events without rancor or argument or constant one- upmanship.
16 They tumble down mountainsides; they meander through flat farmlands.
它们滚滚冲下山脊,蜿蜒穿过平坦的农田。
17 The cloakrooms of the children's groups are covered in wood and meander like snails shells into private niches.
儿童单元的衣帽间由木材构成,蜿蜒着就像蜗牛壳进入到民营壁龛。
18 Always elegantly dressed, he would meander across the room, stopping to chat with men working at different stations.
19 Settlers arrived—mostly wayward souls and eccentrics who had meandered off the Oregon Trail.
20 I liked to meander through familiar streets.
我喜欢闲逛穿过熟悉的街道。
1 漫游
peripatetic wanderingly tour wander roam wandering wanderings range walk cruise ramble rove saunter sally tramp jaunt straggle divagate roving rambling roaming peregrination swan bum around somewhere bum around knock around
2 蜿蜒
winding sinuous wind the ins and outs wandering torturous anfractuous sinuate curl sinuosity thread wander twine serpentine wimple
3 回纹饰
5 弯曲
flexuose embow skew crooked bent curvy cranky serpentine sinuous bended aquiline thrawn anfractuous inflexional flexuous incurvate inflective flexuosity sinuation crinkum-crankum intorsion start turn wind curve bend sweep flex crank turning swirl sinus winding crook curvature camber flexion flexure inflexion hogging wimple sinuosity anfractuosity give spring round yield strain snake curl sag quirk incurve sinuate cast nod warp deflect inflect crankle curved curly torturous tortuous bowing hooked bowed contorted flexural inflectional wriggly waggly Agee akimbo set twist bow distortion inflection contortion tortuosity knee angle ramp buckle stoop
6 用复数
dingbat work other good thing service part game down school line second list lead hour step store future content art due term oil picture wait dog fund sport supply letter round attention load ball stick bag custom glass lesson quarter god chain wave relation yard manner bowl bone circumstance rain yellow depth tap affair dozen consequence shade shake bean chamber mystery tail suck desert acre nerve sail hop premise horror rope stake gut sweat colour mesh Jack bearing cheer compliment elder scrap stripe vibration acoustic ethnic fry making preliminary marble creep firework honour dart flick swarm goggle cloak sounding domino precinct checker fixing folly thematic shiver Trot shudder eyeglass lancer frill draught heuristic skittle gob polemic sullen nicety rounder gape dungaree histrionic unmentionable macrobiotic weeper hysteric tenpin bedcover unpleasantry furbelow vesper pantaloon megrim fiddlestick ninepin escallop agogic knuckle-bone
7 闲聊
prattle tattle confab ramble natter shoot the breeze chat gossip meanderings chit-chat tittle-tattle chinwag gas schmooze kibitz shoot the bull chew the fat gab rap chitchat guff twaddle jabber chin-wag knap backchat
8 散步
walk promenade ramble jaunt take a round beat the hoof meandering turn hike stroll outing trot airing toddle paseo air parade ambulatory dander deambulation blow stretch wander amble saunter tread the ground stretch legs
9 迂回曲折
10 聊天
meandering chat dirt chin gossip quack chitchat schmooze twaddle small-talk chaffer coze yabber
12 不着边际
13 曲曲折折地流
14 弯弯曲曲
15 漫步
rambling walk lounge stroll ramble meandering saunter mosey paseo roam amble jogtrot tromp perambulate meanderings range wander dander mooch passeggiata truck stray promenade rove trog perambulation bimble putter stravaig perambulatory gander peripatetic cruise expatiate
16 徘徊
meanderings linger prowl tarry maunder on the prowl hover stray loiter stooge stravaig loitering
17 闲逛
stray wander roam stroll saunter meanderings moon ramble potter about mooch about potter toddle roaming walkabout lurk loiter tootle hack around lounge about lounge around walk around rambling tour loaf gad mooch lallygag stooge mosey lig trog dilly-dally truck delay troll bum lop hang in bat around patrol gad about gad around moon about moon around mope about mope around kick about kick around mill around wanderings swan traipse gallivant perambulate knock about spine-bashing range lounge promenade wandering idleness bludge potchger tool bomb bat maroon mike maunder on the gad rat around
18 蜿蜒曲折
19 曲折的路