errant
- IPA[ˈɛrənt]
英式
- erring or straying from the accepted course or standards;not in the right place; having moved from the correct position or course
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形容詞
- 1. formal, humorous erring or straying from the accepted course or standards an errant husband coming back from a night on the tiles 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ not in the right place; having moved from the correct position or course an errant strand of hair fear of being hit by an errant bullet
- ▪ (of a polychaete worm) of a predatory kind that moves about actively and is not confined to a tube or burrow.
- 2. archaic, literary travelling in search of adventure that same lady errant 同義詞 反義詞
- a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures.
Oxford American Dictionary
- a medieval knight wandering in search of chivalrous adventures.
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[ˈerənt]
美式
- erring or straying from the proper course or standards: he could never forgive his daughter's errant ways
Oxford American Dictionary