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

• 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 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。
• 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
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• In the presence of the upwelling, the EUC meanders along the zonal direction, with its core diving down to 300m depth at the west side of the upwelling and rising up to 100m depth at the east side.
  由于该上升流的存在，使赤道潜流沿纬向发生弯曲：位于上升流西侧的潜流流轴降至300m水层深处，而东侧上升至100m左右的水层深处。
• The plain was crossed by the broad meanders of great rivers.
  这个平原上，许多大河的宽阔河湾纵横交错。
• 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 brook meanders eastwards.
  小河弯弯曲曲地向东流去。