meander

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/    美 /miˈæn.də(ɹ)/|/miˈæn.dɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One of the turns of a winding, crooked, or involved course. often,plural
    — the meanders of an old river, or of the veins and arteries in the body
  2. One of a series of regular sinuous curves, bends, loops, turns, or windings in the channel of a river, stream, or other watercourse
    — See, how the streams advancing to the main, / Through crooked channels draw their crystal train! / While lingering thus they in meanders glide, / They scatter verdant life on either side.
  3. A tortuous or winding journey.
    — That journey in the spring of 1891 tracked historical underpinnings of the edifice that Einstein built. Our story will be an extremely interesting mental meander to trace the evolution some of the aspects of relativity theory from the beginning.
  4. Synonym of Greek key, a decorative border; fretwork.
    — The scales are conceived of as meander fretwork; but I do not know whether, for this reason, this fish is associated with thunder.
  5. A self-avoiding closed curve which intersects a line a number of times.
  6. A path on which the directions, distances, and elevations are noted, as a part of a land survey. obsolete,possibly
    — Markings on Meander Corners. On all meander corners, the letters “M. C.” ( for meander corner) will be cut into the side facing the stream or lake to be meandered. On post or tree meander corners, within township exteriors[…]
  7. A decorative border consisting of a repeated linear motif, particularly of intersecting perpendicular lines.
动词 v.
  1. To wind or turn in a course or passage intransitive
    — The stream meandered through the valley.
  2. To be intricate. intransitive
    — His speech meandered through various topics.
  3. To wind, turn, or twist; to make flexuous. transitive
    — Her labyrinth-like ţurns, and mad meander'd trace[…]

词形变化

meanders plural mæander alternative,archaic meanders present,singular,third-person meandering participle,present meandered participle,past meandered past mæander alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
incised meander meander belt meanderer meanderian meanderic meanderiform meanderine meandering meander line meander loop meanderthal meandery meandric meandrous meandry palaeomeander

词源

词源 1
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).
词源 2
From Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros) – a river in Asia Minor (present day Turkey) known for its winding course (modern Turkish Menderes).
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