资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wander \Wan"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wandered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Wandering}.] [OE. wandren, wandrien, AS. wandrian; akin
   to G. wandern to wander; fr. AS. windan to turn. See {Wind}
   to turn.]
   1. To ramble here and there without any certain course or
      with no definite object in view; to range about; to
      stroll; to rove; as, to wander over the fields.

            They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins.
                                                  --Heb. xi. 37.

            He wandereth abroad for bread.        --Job xv. 23.

   2. To go away; to depart; to stray off; to deviate; to go
      astray; as, a writer wanders from his subject.

            When God caused me to wander from my father's house.
                                                  --Gen. xx. 13.

            O, let me not wander from thy commandments. --Ps.
                                                  cxix. 10.

   3. To be delirious; not to be under the guidance of reason;
      to rave; as, the mind wanders.

   Syn: To roam; rove; range; stroll; gad; stray; straggly; err;
        swerve; deviate; depart.