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。
• Since the stable transportation of sediment by hyperconcentrated flow is 'dependent on river channel boundary conditions, the latter plays an important role in formation of meanders of this kind.
  由于高含沙水流的稳定输送有赖于边界条件，故边界条件在这种曲流河床的形成中起了重要的作用。
• Visitors can pedal along the17-kilometer bike path that meanders around Tree Valley's2477 hectares of land.
  游客可以在树林峡谷庄园的247公顷的土地上，骑上自行车围绕17公里长的自行车径优哉游哉闲诳。
• The river forms broad loops, called meanders.
  河流形成宽阔的河弯，称之为河曲。
• Development of meanders under varying water and sediment load conditions in the Lower Yellow River
  黄河下游游荡性河段河弯发育与来水来沙的关系
• Goldman wants to bolt before Congress or Mr Geithner, who still operates as a one-man band while the nomination process for his senior staff meanders along, has the chance to change fundamentally how it operates.
  高盛希望在国会或盖特纳有机会从根本上改变运作方式前就开小差，而其高级幕僚的任命过程还遥遥无期，盖特纳至今仍在唱独角戏。
• 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。
• 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。
• That is, where the factors of momentum J1/ 2Q are small and its temporal distributions are uniform and stable, river channels under given boundary conditions tend to develop toward stable meanders.
  当动量因子J1/2Q小，且沿时程分布均匀稳定，则河道在既定的边界条件下向稳定的河曲发育。
• 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；