| 单词 |
wanderlust |
| 释义 |
wanderlust
(ˈwɒndəlʌst, ‖ ˈvandərlʊst)
Also Wanderlust.
[a. Ger.]
An eager desire or fondness for wandering or travelling.
1902Athenæum 4 Jan. 15 If the present reviewer knows anything of the wanderlust and the wallaby [etc.]. 1902D. G. Brinton Basis Social Relations iv. 113 The goading restlessness which has driven single tribes or groups of tribes into aimless roving. This Wanderlust arises as an emotional epidemic. 1928Daily Mail 7 Aug. 12/5 For people who have the wanderlust there are some nice tours around these parts. 1948Rep. Native Laws Commission 1946–48 (Dept. Native Affairs, S. Afr.) 43/1 If..conditions are such that, when their little interval of wanderlust is over, they can pass into settled family life, [etc.]. 1969G. Greene Trav. with my Aunt i. vii. 71 He would get a little restless with the wanderlust. 1981J. B. Hilton Surrender Value xv. 113 The literally thousands of children to whom he had offered their first experience of wanderlust.
Hence ˈwanderluster; ˈwanderlusting a.
1927Sunday Express 24 Apr. 3/4 The young wander⁓luster next turned up in Samoa, and went to Bombay to live in a harem. 1936Mencken Amer. Lang. (ed. 4) 219 Wanderlust..is used much more frequently in the United States along with its derivatives, wanderluster (Eng. rambler), wanderlusting and wanderlust-club. 1952S. Spender Learning Laughter 31 The wander-lusting young Israelis. 1985A. McCandless Burke Foundation ix. 66 Senior NCOs felt a compulsive urge to track down wanderlusting junior officers. |
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