errant

FREQ #33523

a. 周游的, 离开正道的, 不定的

发音

UK /ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/
其它
US /ˈɛɹənt/

词形变化

errants 复数 errants more errant 比较级 most errant 最高级

别名

arrant erraunt

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A knight-errant.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.

    迷失

  2. 2.

    Roving around; wandering.

  3. 3.

    Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving.

    We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.

  4. 4.

    Obsolete form of arrant (“complete; downright, utter”).

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

近义相关 2

uncontrolled fallible

相关短语

knight errant n. 游侠骑士; 唐·吉诃德式的人物 knights errant knight-errant n. 游侠骑士, 侠客, 堂吉诃德式的人

词源

From Middle English erraunt [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman erraunt, from Old French errant, the present participle of errer (“to walk (to); to wander (to); (figuratively) to travel, voyage”), and then: * from Vulgar Latin iterāre (compare Late Latin itinerāre, itinerāri (“to travel, voyage”)), from Latin iter (“a route (including a journey, trip; a course; a path; a road)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- (“to go”); and * from Latin errantem, the accusative feminine or masculine singular of errāns (“straying, errant; wandering”), the present active participle of errō (“to rove, wander; to get lost, go astray; to err, wander from the truth”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ers- (“to flow”). Doublet of arrant.

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