wanton中文什么意思

adj.
1.放肆的，放纵的；任性的；反复不定的，变化无常的；卤莽的，粗暴的；荒唐的，没有理由的，胡作非为的。
2.行为不检的，淫荡的。
3.淘气的，顽皮的；嬉闹的。
+更多解释...4.〔诗〕(花草)繁茂的。
短语和例子
a wanton breeze 变化无常的微风。 wanton rivers 奔流的江河。 wanton profusion 浪费。 wanton mischief 瞎胡闹。 a wanton woman 荡妇。 a wanton child 顽童。n.
水性杨花的人，荡妇；〔罕用语〕任性的孩子。vi.
1.任性，反复无常；放肆。
2.挥霍，胡闹，嬉戏。
3.繁茂。vt.
挥霍；浪费。adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

• the wanton empress:    风流皇后
• wanton act:    轻率行为, 任性行为
• wanton aggression:    恣意侵略

例句与用法

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1. We abate something of the wanton extravagance of our pretensions .
   我们把自己恣肆狂妄的心胸稍稍加以收敛。
2. He was the more surprised at his daughter's wanton play of a fixed idea .
   女儿竟是这样放肆地表达她顽固不化的思想，使他感到格外惊讶。
3. It would not be difficult for them to aim a wanton blow at a black boy in a fit of anger .
   在他们勃然大怒时，要肆无忌惮地打一个黑孩子一顿那是不成问题。
4. You are day and night oppressed with the sin of iniquity for the crimes and wanton cruelties you have committed .
   你作恶多端，暴虐残酷，自然要因这不义的行径而日夜痛苦。
5. She had rather suspected some of those wanton trollops, who gave themselves airs because, forsooth, they thought themselves handsome .
   她怀疑的倒是那些水性杨花的浪荡女人，她们神气十足，总觉得自己长得多么标致。

英文释义

形容词

1. casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
   同义词：easy, light, loose, promiscuous, sluttish
2. occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
   同义词：motiveless, unprovoked

动词

1. behave extremely cruelly and brutally
2. engage in amorous play
3. become extravagant; indulge (oneself) luxuriously
   同义词：luxuriate
4. spend wastefully; "wanton one''s money away"
   同义词：wanton away, trifle away
5. indulge in a carefree or voluptuous way of life
6. waste time; spend one''s time idly or inefficiently
   同义词：piddle, wanton away, piddle away, trifle

名词

1. lewd or lascivious woman