• n. 漫步；曲流（常用復數）
• vt. 漫步；蜿蜒緩慢流動
• vi. 漫步；漫談

來自拉丁語meander,蜿蜒的水道，來自希臘語Maiandros,河流名，位于現(xiàn)土耳其境內。由于這條河流非常曲折，因此，引申詞義蜿蜒，閑逛，散步等。該河流名字面意思可能為偉大的男人或善變的男人，來自andro-,男人，詞源同android,mai-,偉大的，詞源同magnate,或善變的，詞源同mutable.

meander

meander: [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be used as a generic term for ‘winding course’. The word passed into English via Latin maeander, and was turned into a verb in the 17th century.

meander (n.)

1570s, "confusion, intricacies," from Latin meander "a winding course," from Greek Maiandros, name of a river in Caria noted for its winding course (the Greeks used the name figuratively for winding patterns). In reference to river courses, in English, from 1590s. Adjectival forms are meandrine (1846); meandrous (1650s).

meander (v.)

"flow in a winding course" (of rivers), 1610s, from meander (n.). Of a person, "to wander aimlessly" (1831), originally of persons traveling on a river (1821), perhaps influenced by confusion with maunder [OED]. Related: Meandered; meandering.

1. It's so restful to meander along Irish country roads.

沿著愛爾蘭的鄉(xiāng)間小路漫步是多么愜意。

來自柯林斯例句

2. His talk appears to meander but by the end focuses attention on the true state of affairs.

他的談話看似不著邊際，最終卻集中到了事態(tài)的真相上來。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box.

思緒象不平靜的風在信箱里蜿蜒著.

來自互聯(lián)網

4. We have established a physical model for the meander point bar.

建立了曲流點壩物理模型,模擬地下曲流點壩儲層進行驅替實驗.

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5. Visitors and locals alike meander along the sidewalks of the Seine River.

游客與當地人沿著塞納河岸漫步聊天.

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