1.wander的基本意思是“漫游”,通常指懒洋洋地、无目的地、在有限范围内或者是远距离地漫步,其主体对进入的地方一般没有多大兴趣。引申可表示“迷失”“精神错乱”等。有时也可指流水或离题地演说。
2.wander既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,多接地点名词作宾语。

wander around(v.+prep.)
在…前后转来转去 move around without direction or haste
▲wander around sth
When the children left home, she was used to wandering around the house as if she'd lost something.每当孩子们离家后,她总是若有所失地在屋子前后转来转去。
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wander back to(v.+adv.+prep.)
回想到 ponder; call to mind
▲wander back to sth
His thoughts wandered back to his childhood.他回想起他的童年时代。
I wandered back to the whole thing as if it happened yesterday.这事我完全记得,就仿佛是昨天发生似的。
Do you wander back to his room number?你记得他的房间号码吗?

wander from(v.+prep.)
从…离开 leave from sth
▲wander from sth
Don't wander from the subject.不要离开本题。
He was constraining his mind not to wander from the task.他克制着不让思想在工作时开小差。
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wander off(v.+adv.)
迷失,离开正途或正确方向 leave a place unintentionally; leave a subject
▲wander off
The dog wandered off and got lost.那狗走失了。
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wander over(v.+prep.)
在…漫步 go from place to place without any special destination
▲wander over sth
He likes to wander over the countryside.他喜欢在乡间漫步。
We wandered over the fields and about the woods.我们漫游于田野和森林间。

用作不及物动词
▲S+～(+A)
I wandered lonely like a cloud.我像一朵孤云般遨游。
The travellers wandered in the way.旅行者们在途中迷了路。
His mind wanders at times.他有时候心不在焉。
He wanders in his speech.他胡言乱语。
用作及物动词
▲S+～+n./pron.
Nomadic tribes wander these deserts.游牧部落在这些荒漠上游牧。
The boy wandered the neighbourhood, looking for his dog.那男孩在附近徘徊,寻找自己的狗。
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They perceived a stranger wandering in the garden.他们看到一个陌生人在花园里闲逛。

wander, range, stray, stroll
参见stroll条。

［派生词］ wanderer n.游荡、漫游的人; 各处走动的动物