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词汇 errant
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errant

adjective
/ˈerənt/
/ˈerənt/
[only before noun] (formal or humorous)
  1. doing something that is wrong; not behaving in an acceptable way犯错误的;行为不当的;出格的
    • errant fathers who refuse to pay maintenance for their children拒绝支付子女抚养费的不守规矩的父亲
    • (figurative) She brushed an errant curl from her forehead.她拂去额头上一缕飘动的卷发。
  2. (of a husband or wife丈夫或妻子) not sexually faithful对配偶不忠的;出轨的
  3. see also knight errant
    词源Middle English(in the original sense ‘travelling in search of adventure’): the current sense is from Latin errant- ‘erring’, from the verb errare. Compare with arrant.
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