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Erratic Wandering 10899.Erratic 英 ɪ'Rætɪk]美 ɪ'Rætɪk 释义 Adj

正面 10899.erratic
英 [ɪ'rætɪk]美 [ɪ'rætɪk]

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释义:
adj. 不稳定的;古怪的n. 漂泊无定的人;古怪的人
例句:
1. Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.道格拉斯29岁,是个技术不错的拳击手,在以前的比赛中发挥不太稳定。

1、outside + patient.
erratic 不规则的,不稳定的来自PIE*ers, 漫游,偏离,引申义错误,词源同error. 即漫游的,偏离的。
erratic (adj.)late 14c., "wandering, moving," from Old French erratique "wandering, vagrant" (13c.) and directly from Latin erraticus "wandering, straying, roving," from erratum "an error, mistake, fault," past participle of errare "to wander, err" (see err). Sense of "irregular, eccentric" is attested by 1841. The noun is from 1620s, of persons; 1849, of boulders. Related: Erratically."

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