meanders

英 [miˈændəz]

美 [miˈændərz]

v.  蜿蜒而行; 迂回曲折; 漫步; 闲逛; (乏味地、令人费解地)漫谈，闲聊
n.  曲径; 迂回曲折的旅程
meander的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• VERB (河流、道路)蜿蜒而行，迂回曲折
  If a river or roadmeanders, it has a lot of bends, rather than going in a straight line from one place to another.
  1. ...roads that meandered round the edges of the fields...
     田地周围蜿蜒的道路
  2. A rural single railway track meanders through the valley...
     一条乡间的单轨铁路从山谷间曲折地穿过。
  3. The small river meandered in lazy curves down the centre...
     小河缓缓地绕着中心地区迤逦流过。
  4. We crossed a small iron bridge over a meandering stream.
     我们穿过架在蜿蜒小河上的一座小铁桥。
• 河曲;河湾
  Ameanderis a large bend in a river.
• VERB 漫步;闲荡;信步
  If youmeandersomewhere, you move slowly and not in a straight line.
  1. We meandered through a landscape of mountains, rivers, and vineyards...
     我们在群山、河流和葡萄园构成的美丽画卷中漫步。
  2. It's so restful to meander along Irish country roads.
     沿着爱尔兰的乡间小路漫步是多么惬意。
• VERB 漫谈;闲聊;(文章)结构松散
  If a speech, account, or piece of writingmeanders, it seems to move from one topic to another without any order or purpose.
  1. His talk appears to meander but by the end focuses attention on the true state of affairs.
     他的谈话看似不着边际，最终却集中到了事态的真相上来。
  2. ...a rich and meandering novel.
     一部内容丰富的漫谈小说

双语例句

• The brook meanders eastwards.
  小河弯弯曲曲地向东流去。
• Flowing from Kanas Lake, the Kanas River meanders and rushes forward for ten kilometers before emptying itself into another lake.
  从大湖流出的喀纳斯河，曲折、奔腾了十公里之后到这里又形成了一个湖。
• More than the beginning of his novel meanders is not mysterious, but intriguing.
  他小说的开头多娓娓道来，不故弄玄虚，但却耐人寻味。
• The meanders of a prattling brook, were shaded with straggling willows and alder trees.
  一条小河蜿蜒掩映在稀疏的柳树和桤树的树荫间，淙淙作响。
• Streams tend to meander through level land. when it finds itself in a pleasant low valley, it stops and meanders there a while;
  河流流经平地时有蜿蜒曲折的倾向当水流涌到一片低洼的溪谷时，它便在那边曲曲折折地流着一会儿；
• A rural single railway track meanders through the valley
  一条乡间的单轨铁路从山谷间曲折地穿过。
• I know your advent is nothing but a reflection of the spring water that meanders through the woods; however, I still want this date to have a special meaning.
  我知道你的来临，只是泉水路过森林的闪光，可还是想使这个日子获得特殊的意义。
• The basic factors influencing the development and stability of meanders at Lower Jingjiang are the presence and evolution of the four outlets to the Dongting Lake.
  而影响下荆江河曲发育与稳定的基本因素是四口的存在与演变。
• The effects of variation for flow core position and flux on Kuroshio frontal meanders in the East China Sea
  流核位置和流量变化对东海黑潮锋面弯曲影响的研究
• The river forms new meanders that curve along the valley floor.
  河流形成新的河曲，在谷底逶迤流淌。