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errant
1、 Wandering or moving about aimlessly.
2、 Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.
🌱Modern-day cowboys have been known to use helicopters to spot errant calves. 🌳Errant means both "wandering" and "mistaken." A knight-errant was a wandering knight who went about slaying dragons or rescuing damsels in distress （at least when he was on good behavior）. Arrant is a old-fashioned spelling of errant; an arrant knave （the phrase comes from Shakespeare） is an extremely untrustworthy individual. An errant sock might be one that's gotten lost; an errant politician might be one who's been caught cheating; and an errant cloud might be one that floats by all alone in a deep-blue sky on a summer day. aberrant Straying or differing from the right, normal, or natural type.
🌱Sullivan's increasingly aberrant behavior was leading his friends to question his mental stability. 🌳Something aberrant has wandered away from the usual path or form. The word is generally used in a negative way; aberrant behavior, for example, may be a symptom of other problems. But the discovery of an aberrant variety of a species can be exciting news to a biologist, and identifying an aberrant gene has led the way to new treatments for diseases. erratic 1、 Having no fixed course.
2、 Lacking in consistency.
🌱In the 1993 World Series, the Phillies weren't helped by the erratic performance of their ace relief pitcher, "Wild Thing." 🌳Erratic can refer to literal "wandering." A missile that loses its guidance system may follow an erratic path, and a river with lots of twists and bends is said to have an erratic course. Erratic can also mean "inconsistent" or "irregular." So a stock market that often changes direction is said to be acting erratically; an erratic heartbeat can be cause for concern; and if your car idles erratically it may mean that something's wrong with the spark-plug wiring. erroneous Mistaken, incorrect.
🌱For years her parents had had an erroneous idea of her intelligence, because she didn't begin to talk until the age of six. 🌳Erroneous basically means "containing errors," and, since most of us are constantly suffering from mistaken notions, the word is often used in front of words such as "assumption" and "idea." It's also used to describe the kind of mistaken information that can lead to erroneous theories, erroneous conclusions, and erroneous decisions.
2、 Straying outside proper bounds, or away from an accepted pattern or standard.
🌱Modern-day cowboys have been known to use helicopters to spot errant calves. 🌳Errant means both "wandering" and "mistaken." A knight-errant was a wandering knight who went about slaying dragons or rescuing damsels in distress （at least when he was on good behavior）. Arrant is a old-fashioned spelling of errant; an arrant knave （the phrase comes from Shakespeare） is an extremely untrustworthy individual. An errant sock might be one that's gotten lost; an errant politician might be one who's been caught cheating; and an errant cloud might be one that floats by all alone in a deep-blue sky on a summer day. aberrant Straying or differing from the right, normal, or natural type.
🌱Sullivan's increasingly aberrant behavior was leading his friends to question his mental stability. 🌳Something aberrant has wandered away from the usual path or form. The word is generally used in a negative way; aberrant behavior, for example, may be a symptom of other problems. But the discovery of an aberrant variety of a species can be exciting news to a biologist, and identifying an aberrant gene has led the way to new treatments for diseases. erratic 1、 Having no fixed course.
2、 Lacking in consistency.
🌱In the 1993 World Series, the Phillies weren't helped by the erratic performance of their ace relief pitcher, "Wild Thing." 🌳Erratic can refer to literal "wandering." A missile that loses its guidance system may follow an erratic path, and a river with lots of twists and bends is said to have an erratic course. Erratic can also mean "inconsistent" or "irregular." So a stock market that often changes direction is said to be acting erratically; an erratic heartbeat can be cause for concern; and if your car idles erratically it may mean that something's wrong with the spark-plug wiring. erroneous Mistaken, incorrect.
🌱For years her parents had had an erroneous idea of her intelligence, because she didn't begin to talk until the age of six. 🌳Erroneous basically means "containing errors," and, since most of us are constantly suffering from mistaken notions, the word is often used in front of words such as "assumption" and "idea." It's also used to describe the kind of mistaken information that can lead to erroneous theories, erroneous conclusions, and erroneous decisions.
ERR, from the Latin verb errare, means "to wander" or "to stray." The root is seen in the word error, meaning a wandering or straying from what is correct or true. Erratum (plural, errata) is Latin for "mistake"; so an errata page is a book page that lists mistakes found too late to correct before the book's publication.🌸