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The word "wander" primarily means to walk slowly without a specific direction or purpose, often referred to as strolling or roaming. It can also mean to go astray or lose one's way, for one's mind to stray from a topic, or for one's eyes to move around without focusing on a single point. Additionally, "wander" can describe the meandering path of a road or river and, as a noun, refers to a short, aimless walk.

The word "wander" primarily means to walk slowly without a specific direction or purpose, often referred to as strolling or roaming. It can also mean to go astray or lose one's way, for one's mind to stray from a topic, or for one's eyes to move around without focusing on a single point. Additionally, "wander" can describe the meandering path of a road or river and, as a noun, refers to a short, aimless walk.

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/wɒ̱ndə(r)/
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[VERB 动词]漫步;闲逛;游荡 If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V n]
  [a N]
  • When he got bored he wandered around the fair...

    他烦了就去集市上逛逛。

  • They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store...

    他们信步朝最近的商店走去。

  • Those who do not have relatives to return to are left to wander the streets and sleep rough.

    举目无亲的人只好四处游荡,露宿街头。

  • Wander is also a noun.
    • A wander around any market will reveal stalls piled high with vegetables.

      随便到哪个市场逛逛,都能看见蔬菜堆得老高的菜摊。

2
[VERB 动词]迷路;迷失方向 If a person or animal wanders from a place where they are supposed to stay, they move away from the place without going in a particular direction.
  [V adv/prep]
  [V]
  • Because Mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far...

    妈妈生怕我们迷路,不准我们走远。

  • To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions.

    为了防止蜜蜂迷路 ,养蜂人给它们喝糖水。

3
[VERB 动词]走神;开小差 If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things.
  [V]
  [V prep/adv]
  • His mind would wander, and he would lose track of what he was doing...

    他会走神,忘了自己正在干什么。

  • Jarvis found his attention wandering...

    贾维斯发现自己走神了。

  • Grace allowed her mind to wander to other things.

    格雷丝任由自己的思绪游走。

4
[VERB 动词](目光)游离 If your eyes wander, you stop looking at one thing and start looking around at other things.
  [V prep/adv]
  [V]
  • His eyes wandered restlessly around the room...

    他的眼睛不安地转来转去,打量着房间。

  • His eyes kept wandering to the picture...

    他的眼神不停地瞄到这幅画上。

  • Read their body language. Are their eyes wandering or are they drumming the desk with their fingers?

    解读他们的肢体语言。他们的眼睛游离不定吗,抑或他们在用手指不停地敲打桌子?


Oxford wan·der ★ / ˈwɒndə(r) ; NAmE ˈwɑːndər /
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wander wanders wandered wandering
verb ★ 1 ★ [intransitive ,  transitive ] to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction 闲逛;漫游;游荡 + adv./prep. ◆ She wandered aimlessly around the streets. 她在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。 ◆ We wandered back towards the car. 我们遛达着回到汽车那里。 wandersth ◆ The child was found wandering the streets alone. 那孩子被发现独自在大街上瞎转。 2 ★ [intransitive ] to move away from the place where you ought to be or the people you are with 偏离(正道);走失;离散 SYN
stray
wanderaway/off ◆ The child wandered off and got lost. 那孩子走散后迷路了。 wanderfrom/off sth ◆ They had wandered from the path into the woods. 他们离开小路消失在树林里。
3 ★ [intransitive ] (of a person's mind or thoughts 人的思想或想法 ) to stop being directed on sth and to move without much control to other ideas, subjects, etc. 走神;神志恍惚;(思想)开小差 SYN
drift
◆ It's easy to be distracted and let your attention wander. 很容易走神分散了注意力。 ◆ Try not to let your mind wander. 尽量别让你的思想开小差。 wanderaway, back, to, etc. sth ◆ Her thoughts wandered back to her youth. 她浮想联翩,思绪回到了青春岁月。
4 [intransitive ] (of a person's eyes 人的眼睛 ) to move slowly from looking at one thing to looking at another thing or in other directions 慢慢地移开 ◆ She let her gaze wander. 她东瞅瞅西望望。 + adv./prep. ◆ His eyes wandered towards the photographs on the wall. 他的目光慢慢地移向墙上的照片。 5 [intransitive ] (+ adv./prep.) (of a road or river 道路或河流 ) to curve instead of following a straight course 蜿蜒;迂回曲折 ◆ The road wanders along through the hills. 这条路蜿蜒曲折地穿过丘陵。
noun ★ [singular ] a short walk in or around a place, usually with no special purpose 游荡;遛达;闲逛;徘徊 ◆ I went to the park and had a wander around. 我去公园转了一圈。 wan·der / ˈwɒndə(r) ; NAmE ˈwɑːndər /
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wanderwan‧der1 /ˈwɒndə $ ˈwɑːndər/ ●●○ S3 verb
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1without direction [intransitive, transitive] to walk slowly across or around an area, usually without a clear direction or purposewander in/through/around etc I’ll wander around the mall for half an hour. She wandered aimlessly about the house. Ana wandered off to get a drink. He was found wandering the streets of New York.► see thesaurus at
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2move away [intransitive] (also wander off) to walk away from where you are supposed to stay:  Don’t let any of the kids wander off.3mind/thoughts [intransitive] if your mind, thoughts etc wander, you no longer pay attention to something, especially because you are bored or worried:  Mrs Snell’s mind wandered and the voices went on and on.4conversation [intransitive] to start to talk about something not related to the main subject that you were talking about beforewander from/off Pauline started to wander from the point.5somebody’s mind is wandering used to say that someone has become unable to think clearly, especially because they are old6eyes [intransitive] if your eyes or your gaze wander, you look around slowly at different things or at all parts of something:  His gaze wandered round the room.7road/river [intransitive] if a road or a river wanders somewhere, it does not go straight but in curves SYN  meanderwander through/across/along The Missouri River wanders across several states.8hands [intransitive] if a man’s hands wander, he touches the body of a woman he is with, especially where she does not want him to:  Be careful, he’s got wandering hands.
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wanderwander2 noun [singular] British English
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a short relaxed walk SYN  strolltake/go for/have a wander I had a bit of a wander round the shops.
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wander

[ˈwɒndə(r)]wandered, wandering, wanders

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wandered[3536] wandering[8897] wanders[1073]
徘徊(32%),漫步(25%),闲逛(16%),漫游(13%),迷路(7%),蜿蜒(4%),漫步于(3%)
vi.徘徊;漫步;迷路;离题
vt.游荡,漫游
n.(Wander)人名;(英)万德(女子教名)

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