1. 漫步;閑逛;游蕩 If you wander in a place, you walk around there in a casual way, often without intending to go in any particular direction.
e.g. When he got bored he wandered around the fair... 他煩了就去集市上逛逛。 e.g. They wandered off in the direction of the nearest store... 他們信步朝最近的商店走去。
2. 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.
e.g. Because Mother is afraid we'll get lost, we aren't allowed to wander far... 媽媽生怕我們迷路,不準我們走遠。 e.g. To keep their bees from wandering, beekeepers feed them sugar solutions. 為了防止蜜蜂迷路 ,養蜂人給它們喝糖水。
3. 走神;開(kāi)小差 If your mind wanders or your thoughts wander, you stop concentrating on something and start thinking about other things.
e.g. His mind would wander, and he would lose track of what he was doing... 他會(huì )走神,忘了自己正在干什么。 e.g. Jarvis found his attention wandering... 賈維斯發(fā)現自己走神了。
4. (目光)游離 If your eyes wander, you stop looking at one thing and start looking around at other things.
e.g. His eyes wandered restlessly around the room... 他的眼睛不安地轉來(lái)轉去,打量著(zhù)房間。 e.g. His eyes kept wandering to the picture... 他的眼神不停地瞄到這幅畫(huà)上。
wander英英釋義
verb
1. lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
e.g. She always digresses when telling a story her mind wanders Don't digress when you give a lecture
Synonym: digressstraydivagate
2. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
e.g. 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