wan·der /ˈwɑndɚ/
(vi.)漫步,徘徊;迷路,迷失方向;偏離正題,胡扯
Wan·der v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wandered p. pr. & vb. n. Wandering.]
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.
Wan·der, v. t. To travel over without a certain course; to traverse; to stroll through. [R.] “[Elijah] wandered this barren waste.”
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wander
v 1: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in
search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the
woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The
cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift
from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to
town" [syn: roll, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast,
ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond]
2: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She
cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
[syn: cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray]
3: go via an indirect route or at no set pace; "After dinner,
we wandered into town"
4: to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular
course; "the river winds through the hills"; "the path
meanders through the vineyards"; "sometimes, the gout
wanders through the entire body" [syn: weave, wind, thread,
meander]
5: lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject
of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking,
or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story";
"her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a
lecture" [syn: digress, stray, divagate]