Word · Frequency #18757
wandering
漫游；游荡
Travelling without a fixed route; roaming.
- 1.
Travelling without preset route; roaming.
无固定路线的旅行；漫游
- 2.
Irregular turning of the eyes.
眼睛的不规则转动
- 3.
Aimless thought.
漫无目的的思考
- 4.
Straying from a desired path.
偏离预定路径
- 5.
Disordered speech or delirium.
言语混乱或谵妄
胡思乱想；走神；偏离正道；眼球游移；胡言乱语；谵妄；无固定路线的旅行；漫游
In use
After months of wandering through Europe, she finally settled in a small village in Italy.
His wandering across the desert lasted two weeks before he found an oasis.
The old man's wandering took him to many distant cities over the years.
Connections
Collocations
- mind wandering
- 走神；心不在焉
- Mind wandering during class can hurt your grades.上课时走神会影响你的成绩。
- aimless wandering
- 漫无目的的游荡；四处漂泊
- After months of aimless wandering, he finally settled down.经过数月的漫无目的的游荡，他终于安顿下来。
- his wanderings
- 他的漫游；他的漂泊经历
- He told us about his wanderings through Europe.他跟我们讲述了他漫游欧洲的经历。
- wandering off the trail
- 偏离步道；走离小路
- Wandering off the trail can get you lost in the mountains.在山上偏离步道可能会迷路。
- wandering of the eyes
- 目光游移；眼睛的不规则转动
- The doctor noticed an involuntary wandering of the eyes.医生注意到一种不自主的目光游移。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
wander（漫游）加 -ing，像在‘弯’着走，没有直路：身体漫游、眼睛乱转、思路跑偏都是 wandering。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：travel writing、medical or clinical descriptions、literary or reflective prose、casual conversation 名词 wandering 的语域随具体含义变化：表示“漫游、旅行”时通常比较中性通用；表示“眼球不自主转动”或“言语混乱/谵妄”时多用于医学或临床描述；表示“胡思乱想、偏离正道”时比较常见于文学或书面语。因此不宜简单归为正式或非正式，建议根据具体语境选择合适用法。
Grammar Note
通常用作不可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
这组词中只有 pondering 与 wandering（ˈwɒndərɪŋ）真正押韵：两者重读元音都是 /ɒ/，且韵尾同为 /ndərɪŋ/。其余词形相近但发音不同：wondering、blundering、thundering 的重读元音是 /ʌ/；meandering 的重音和元音都不同；wanderer 词尾为 /ərə/，也不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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