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

• 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
• Literary works of the Han Dynasty, without losing its elegant atmosphere and Gorgeous beautiful tone calmly to show the daily life of many of the side of the Han dynasty, and the intrinsic deep cultural characteristics meanders.
  汉代文学作品以其优雅大气而又不失绚美绮丽的笔调从容地展示着大汉王朝日常生活的诸多侧面，并将其中内蕴深厚的文化特质娓娓道来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• Effects of Topography on Kuroshio Frontal Meanders in the East China Sea
  地形对东海黑潮锋面弯曲影响研究
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。