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 result suggests an alternative meander mechanism of the Kuroshio path via the typhoon-eddy-Kuroshio interactions. It is argued that typhoons accompanied with cyclonic eddies, might play crucial roles in meanders of the Kuroshio.
  研究表明，通过热带气旋冷涡黑潮三者相互作用的机制可以有效解释黑潮路径的弯曲成因，热带气旋和气旋式涡在黑潮弯曲过程中起着至关重要的作用。
• The brook meanders eastwards.
  小河弯弯曲曲地向东流去。
• From its quiet beginnings in North Carolina, it meanders northward, growing in volume and velocity, until it reaches West Virginia.
  它平静地起源于北卡罗来那，蜿蜒北上，流量和流速都不断增加，直到它进入西弗吉尼亚。
• The river meanders through the gorges.
  这河曲曲弯弯地流过峡谷。
• 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。
• The river forms broad loops, called meanders.
  河流形成宽阔的河弯，称之为河曲。
• 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。
• Study on the form law and the causes of formation in natural alluvial river meanders
  天然冲积河湾成因及形态规律
• Nonrepresentational imagery is not restricted to modem painting but appears also in earlier forms such as aurignacian decorative meanders.
  非具象派意象则不仅限于当代绘画，还出现在早期绘画中，如奥瑞纳文化中的装饰性回纹波型。
• 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。