English → Chinese
wander
/BrE ˈwɒndə 
, AmE ˈwɑndər /
A intransitive verb
1 (stroll aimlessly) 游荡;
to wander around town/in the park 在城里／公园里闲逛;
they wandered in and out of the shops 他们在商店里逛进逛出;
to wander through; 漫步穿过 ‹forest, corridor›
2 (move nonchalantly) 漫不经心地走;
he wandered into work two hours late 他磨磨蹭蹭地晚了两个小时来干活
3 (move away) 走散
4 (be distracted) «thoughts, attention» 走神
5 (be confused through age, illness) «person» 神志恍惚; «mind» 混乱;
the old man is wandering again 那位老人又在东拉西扯了
6 (digress) «speaker, speech» 离题;
to wander from the topic; 偏离话题
7 (look away) 游离不定;
her gaze wandered along the row of books 她的目光扫过那一排书;
his eyes wandered towards the photograph on the desk 他的目光慢慢地移向书桌上的照片
8 (touch sb inappropriately) «hands» 乱摸
9 (meander) 蜿蜒;
the road wanders through the hills 公路蜿蜒穿过丘陵
B transitive verb
在…游荡 ‹streets, hills›;
to wander the world 周游世界
C noun
闲逛;
to go for or have or take a wander informal 去逛一圈;
I like going for a wander around the shops 我喜欢逛商店
Phrasal verbs
● wander around, wander about
A intransitive verb
1 (stroll) 四处游荡
2 (be lost) [因迷路而] 徘徊
B transitive verb [wander around sth]
1 (stroll in) 在…游荡 ‹town, garden›;
she wandered aimlessly around the streets 她在街上瞎逛
2 [wander around sb/sth] (scan) «eyes» 环视 ‹room, faces›
● wander off
A intransitive verb
1 (move away, stray) 走散
2 humorous (disappear) «belongings» 不翼而飞
B transitive verb [wander off sth]
偏离 ‹topic, subject›