meander

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me·an·der /miˈændə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI]

1 TURNif a river, stream, road etc meanders, it has a lot of bends rather than going in a straight line 〔河流、小溪、道路等〕蜿蜒而行，迂回曲折

meander along/across/down etc

The river meandered gently along the valley floor.

那条河沿着谷底缓缓地蜿蜒而行。

2 [always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]WALK to walk somewhere in a slow relaxed way rather than take the most direct way possible 漫步，闲逛

meander along/through etc

Cows still meander through these villages.

奶牛依然在这些村庄里缓步穿行。

3. (also meander on)TALK TO somebody if a conversation or piece of writing meanders on, it is too long and has no purpose or structure 〔对话、文章〕冗长，结构松散

—meanderings noun [plural]

his aimless meanderings through Europe

他在欧洲漫无目的的闲游

—meander noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

meander• The orbital motion of the earth provided a causal explanation for why the planets appeared to meander across the sky.• The narrow trail began at the end of the campground and meandered alongside Lime Kiln Creek.• Ari and I meandered around the shops in Innsbruck.• From Mission Peak, the trail meanders eastward into Sunol Park.• To his left ran a modest lane which meandered northward to several small villages.• The movie's plot meanders on and on.• Yanto's mind was busy as he meandered slowly through the leafy lanes towards Purton.• The filaments themselves are forked at various places and often meander wildly.

meander along/across/down etc• A handsome man, clean-shaven and thoughtful, in a Barbour jacket meandered along after them.• Old Aeschylus, alone and far from home, tottered along a dirt pathway which meandered down between the yellow Sicilian fields.• Visitors to Hannover soon find themselves crossing a painted red line meandering across pavements and squares.• These consisted of a vague meander across the fields surrounding the company premises, along a route apparently chOsen by Ralph.• The orbital motion of the earth provided a causal explanation for why the planets appeared to meander across the sky.

meander along/through etc• A handsome man, clean-shaven and thoughtful, in a Barbour jacket meandered along after them.• Many miles of paths meander through beautiful woodland, parkland and alongside lochs and rivers.• I do not have the time to spare to meander through mountains.• Every raw material meanders thrOugh such a network.• Today a gentle meander through the horrors of rail privatisation.• As the demonstrations had meandered through the week and across the campus, their purpose seemed to change.

Origin meander

(1500-1600) Latin maeander, from Greek, from Maiandros (now Menderes), river in Turkey

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