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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++wend /wend/ verb  wend your way literaryTRAVEL to move or travel slowly from one place to another 缓慢地走[移动]wend your way through/towards/home etc The procession wended its way through the streets. 游行队伍缓缓地穿过街道。→ See Verb table
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wendIn fact, most of the central section has all but disappeared, the river now wending its subterranean way beneath the town.This was the last mill, the brook now wending its way towards the Severn at Minsterworth.John and I would wend our way into Westwood Village to window-shop or see a movie or buy groceries.We wend our way through the most crowded portion.As the spectators began to wend their way home, the emotions of some were mixed.Motorists wend their way through orange traffic cones and detour signs.We were staying overnight at Blackburn bothy, which is set in a small wood with a stream wending through it.Look at the teamster on the highway, wending to market by day or night; does any divinity stir within him?
Origin wend Old English wendan
wend verbChinese
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wend
wend /wend/ verb
 Language: Old English
 Origin: wendan
wend your way literary to move or travel slowly from one place to another
    wend your way through/towards/home etc
    The procession wended its way through the streets.


wendBrE /wend/ 🔊NAmE /wend/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they wend BrE /wend/ 🔊 NAmE /wend/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it wends BrE /wendz/ 🔊 NAmE /wendz/ 🔊past simple wended BrE /ˈwendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwendɪd/ 🔊past participle wended BrE /ˈwendɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwendɪd/ 🔊 -ing form wending BrE /ˈwendɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈwendɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (your way) (+ adv./prep.) (old use or literary) to move or travel slowly somewhere (缓慢地)走,去,行,往Leo wended his way home through the wet streets. 利奥沿着潮湿的街道缓缓地朝家走去。🔊🔊