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词汇 meandered
释义 meandered
past simple and past participle ofmeander
meander
verb
uk /miˈæn.dər/ us /miˈæn.dɚ/

meanderverb (RIVER/ROAD)


[ I ]
If a river, stream, or road meanders, it follows a route that is not straight or direct.(河流、道路等)蜿蜒,曲折前行
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Movement of liquids
backsplash
be dripping with somethingidiom
brim
brim over
brim with something
drool
funnel
leakage
pour
pour-over
reinject
reinjection
respray
ripple
spate
staunch
stem
swash
swill
swirl

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Bending, twisting and curving

meanderverb (WALK)


[ Iusually+ adv/prep ]
to walk slowly without any clear direction: 漫步,闲逛;徘徊
We spent the afternoon meandering around the streets of the old town.我们一下午都在古镇的街道上闲逛。
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Bending, twisting and curving
arch your back
ball up
bendy
bent
bowed
describe
distortion
entwine
flex
flexion
flexural
rewind
swirlingly
swoopy
tangle
tangled
tangly
wristy
writhe
zigzag

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Moving gently on foot

meanderverb (NO PURPOSE)


[ I ]
If a text, process, or activity meanders, it has no clear purpose or direction: (话题、过程或活动)无目的地进行
The film meanders along with no particular story line.影片不着边际地展开着,没有明确的故事线索。
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Digressing and being indirect or evasive
bury the ledeidiom
candy coat
candy coating
candy-coated
circumlocution
circumlocutory
elliptical
f-bomb
get on to/onto something
glancingly
gloss over something
go off on a tangentidiom
implicit
parry
prevaricate
stray
tangent
tiptoe around something/someone
unexpressed
unvoiced

Examples of meandered


meandered

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Some processes meandered throughout the nucleus, making sharp turns that were nearly opposite the direction as their precursor branch.
The walks meandered through supermarkets, stations, busy streets, churches, markets, and other locations.
During the interviews each participant meandered across many life events.
That river in the old days meandered in various directions before it got to the sea.
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Negotiations seem to have meandered on in a most peculiar way.
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We meandered not only on land but on water.
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Since then, preparation for the scheme has meandered very slowly, only now to be confronted with a public inquiry.
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Both of them meandered around the place, but neither had any strategic sweep or vision in the make-up of their ideas and their concept of this important issue.
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Early maps show that the creek meandered greatly in its lower reaches.
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For a few days it meandered generally southwestward, failing to intensify significantly.
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They believed the film gave the impression that the platoon meandered about without an objective.
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Remaining nearly stationary, the storm meandered in the same general area for over a week.
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Under the influence of mountainous terrain, the low initially meandered northeastward.
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For several days, the low pressure system meandered as its central barometric pressure gradually fell.
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The river originally meandered through the centre of the valley but it was diverted as part of the early construction works.
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