wan·der
verb/ˈwɒndə(r)/
/ˈwɑːndər/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wander | /ˈwɒndə(r)/ /ˈwɑːndər/ |
| he / she / it wanders | /ˈwɒndəz/ /ˈwɑːndərz/ |
| past simple wandered | /ˈwɒndəd/ /ˈwɑːndərd/ |
| past participle wandered | /ˈwɒndəd/ /ˈwɑːndərd/ |
| -ing form wandering | /ˈwɒndərɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːndərɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction
闲逛；漫游；游荡 - + adv./prep. She wandered aimlessly around the streets.
她在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。 - We wandered back towards the car.
我们溜达着回到汽车那里。 - wander something The child was found wandering the streets alone.
那孩子被发现独自在大街上瞎转。
Extra ExamplesTopics Hobbiesb2- Don't go wandering all over the house!
不要在房子里到处转悠！ - He just wandered in one day and asked for a job.
有一天，他转悠到这儿来要找一份工作。 - He wandered into a bar and ordered a drink.
他转悠进了一家酒吧，要了一杯酒。 - One day she wandered further afield.
有一天她游荡到更远的地方。 - Simply wandering is a pleasure in itself.
闲逛本身就是一种享受。 - The cattle are allowed to wander freely.
牛群可以自由地四处走动。 - They found him wandering around aimlessly.
他们发现他漫无目的地四处闲逛。 - Visitors are free to wander through the gardens and woods.
游客可以自由自在地在花园和树林中游玩。 - Cattle and sheep wander freely on the hilltops.
牛羊在山顶上自由自在地漫步。 - During the day I would wander the streets, asking passers-by for a few cents.
白天我就在大街上游荡，向路人讨点零钱。 - He was found wandering in the road late one night.
一天深夜，他被发现在路上徘徊。 - She had spent her life wandering from place to place.
她一生都在四处漂泊。 - They spent a couple of hours wandering through the markets.
他们花了几个小时在市场里闲逛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- aimlessly
- disconsolately
- …
- be free to
- allow somebody/something to
- let somebody/something
- …
- across
- all over
- along
- …
- find somebody wandering
- + adv./prep. She wandered aimlessly around the streets.
- [intransitive] to move away from the place where you ought to be or the people you are with
偏离（正道）；走失；离散 - wander away/off The child wandered off and got lost.
那孩子走散后迷路了。 - How could you let him wander off like that?
你怎么能让他这样走散了？ - wander from/off something They had wandered from the path into the woods.
他们离开小路消失在树林里。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- slowly
- aimlessly
- disconsolately
- …
- be free to
- allow somebody/something to
- let somebody/something
- …
- across
- all over
- along
- …
- find somebody wandering
- wander away/off The child wandered off and got lost.
- [intransitive] (of a person’s mind or thoughts) to stop being directed on something and to move without much control to other ideas, subjects, etc.
走神；神志恍惚；（思想）开小差 - It's easy to be distracted and let your attention wander.
很容易走神分散注意力。 - Try not to let your mind wander.
尽量别让你的思想开小差。 - wander away, back, to, etc. something Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.
她浮想联翩，思绪回到了青春岁月。 - Don’t wander off the subject—keep to the point.
不要偏离主题——切入主题。
Extra Examples- Lisa let her mind wander a little.
莉萨走了一会儿神。 - His attention was beginning to wander.
他的注意力开始分散。 - My thoughts wandered from the exam questions to my interview the next day.
我的心思从试题转到了第二天的面试上。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- a little
- begin to
- allow something to
- let something
- …
- from
- to
- It's easy to be distracted and let your attention wander.
- [intransitive] (of a person’s eyes) to move slowly from looking at one thing to looking at another thing or in other directions
慢慢地移开 - She let her gaze wander.
她东瞅瞅西望望。 - + adv./prep. His eyes wandered towards the photographs on the wall.
他的目光慢慢地移向墙上的照片。
- She let her gaze wander.
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of a road or river) to go in a curve instead of following a straight course
蜿蜒；迂回曲折 - The road wanders along through the hills.
这条路蜿蜒曲折地穿过山丘。
- The road wanders along through the hills.
Word OriginOld English wandrian, of West Germanic origin; related to wend and wind2.