meander: [16] The word meander comes from the name of an actual river, the Maeander (now known as the Büyük Menderes), which flows through Turkey into the Aegean sea. It was famous in ancient times for its winding course, and so Greek maíandros came to be used as a generic term for ‘winding course’. The word passed into English via Latin maeander, and was turned into a verb in the 17th century.
meander (n.)
1570s, "confusion, intricacies," from Latin meander "a winding course," from Greek Maiandros, name of a river in Caria noted for its winding course (the Greeks used the name figuratively for winding patterns). In reference to river courses, in English, from 1590s. Adjectival forms are meandrine (1846); meandrous (1650s).
meander (v.)
"flow in a winding course" (of rivers), 1610s, from meander (n.). Of a person, "to wander aimlessly" (1831), originally of persons traveling on a river (1821), perhaps influenced by confusion with maunder [OED]. Related: Meandered; meandering.
雙語例句
1. It's so restful to meander along Irish country roads.
沿著愛爾蘭的鄉(xiāng)間小路漫步是多么愜意。
來自柯林斯例句
2. His talk appears to meander but by the end focuses attention on the true state of affairs.
他的談話看似不著邊際，最終卻集中到了事態(tài)的真相上來。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box.
思緒象不平靜的風(fēng)在信箱里蜿蜒著.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. We have established a physical model for the meander point bar.