单词 | wayward |
释义 | waywardWord family adverbwaywardlyadjectivewaywardnounwaywardness way·ward /ˈweɪwəd $ -wərd/ adjectiveadj BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONSbehaving badly, in a way that is difficult to control 难以控制的;任性的;倔强的 a wayward teenager 任性的少年 —waywardness noun [uncountableU] Examples from the Corpus wayward• They were both very smart and correct, but Grandad was a little more wayward.• The dashboard sports a gash from wayward bicycle gears.• Aunt Sally left her personal estate of several hundred thousand dollars to a home for wayward Dalmatians.• Leonie felt a momentary pang of compassion for her wayward granddaughter.• The chemistry had been between them from the start, waiting only for a wayward spark to ignite it.• wayward youth (1300-1400) awayward “turned away” ((13-16 centuries)), from away + -ward |
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