wander
/ˈwɒndə/
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- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
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- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
wan - der -> wander
(v) လှည့်လည်သွားလာသည်။ခြေဦးတည့်ရာသွားသည်။လမ်းလွဲှသွားသည်။ (n) ဟိုနားသည်နားလျှောက်သွားခြင်း။
၁။ (က) လှည့်လည်သွားလာသည်။ ဟိုယောင်ယောင် သည်ယောင်ယောင်လျှောက်သွားသည်။ wander through the countryside/around town ❍ We wandered around for hours looking for the house. ❍ The child was found wandering the streets alone. (ခ) ဖြည်းဖြည်းချင်း ခြေဦးတည့်ရာ သွားသည်။ She wandered off towards the station. ❍ (fig ) Her thoughts wandered back to her youth.
၂။ ~ (from/off sth); ~ (away/off) တခြား ထွက်သွားသည်။ လမ်းလွဲသွားသည်။ ချော်သွားသည်။ Peter had wandered away from his mother. ❍ The child wandered off and got lost. ❍ They had wandered from the path and found themselves at the foot of a steep cliff. ❍ (fig ) Don't wander from the subject — stick to the point.
၃။ ကောက်ကောက်ကွေ့ကွေ့ သွားသည်။ The road wanders (along) through the range of hills.
၄။ (စိတ်) ဟိုရောက်သည်ရောက် ရောက်သည်၊ ပျံ့လွင့်သည်။ I could see that their attention was beginning to wander. ❍ I'm sorry, could you repeat that? My mind was wandering.
n [sing] (infml ) ဟိုနားသည်နား လျှောက်သွားခြင်း။ She went for a little wander round the park.
❏ wanderer /'wɒndǝrǝ(r)/ n (တစ်နေရာတည်းတွင်အတည်တကျမနေဘဲ) လှည့်လည် သွားလာနေထိုင်သူ။
❏ wanderings /'wɒndǝrÇŋz/ n [pl] ခြေဦးတည့်ရာ ခရီးစဉ်။ ရောက်ရာပေါက်ရာခရီး။ He finally returned from his wanderings and settled down.
- He wandered the countryside, looking for his son.
- [wander into/around/through] : My sister likes wandering around the city at night.
- [wander through/into/around] : Jim wandered into the kitchen to make breakfast.
- It’s a safe place where kids can wander off on their own.
- As soon as I try to work my mind starts wandering.
- His eyes kept wandering to the TV.
- Keep your answers short and don’t wander off the point.
- A narrow path wanders between the trees.
- She’s a wanderer – always likes to be on the move.
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