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We call someone errant when they have gone off the path they were supposed to stay on. An errant child will not do as their parents ask, and keeps getting into trouble. An errant husband or errant wife has not been faithful — they have gone after someone else.
We call someone errant我們就說他errant when they have gone off the path they were supposed to stay on當一個人偏離了原本該走的路 An errant child一個errant的小孩 will not do as their parents ask不聽父母的話 and keeps getting into trouble而且一直惹麻煩 An errant husband or errant wife一個errant的丈夫或errant的妻子 has not been faithful並不忠實 they have gone after someone else他們去找了別人
The word is a little old and a little story-book; you still meet it in newspapers and novels more than in everyday talk.
The word is a little old and a little story-book這個詞有點老派，也有點像故事書裡的用語 you still meet it in newspapers and novels你比較常在報紙和小說裡遇到它 more than in everyday talk日常對話比較少見
It is not a fancy word for a small slip. A wrong answer in a test is just wrong, not errant. You use it when the person has wandered away from duty, rules, or a promise.
It is not a fancy word for a small slip它不是拿來形容小失誤的花俏詞彙 A wrong answer in a test考試裡答錯 is just wrong就只是wrong（錯） not errant不是errant You use it你會使用它 when the person has wandered away from在一個人偏離了 duty, rules, or a promise責任、規則或承諾的時候
Though actually, English also keeps an older picture of the same word: a knight errant was a knight who travelled around looking for adventure. That “wandering” idea is the older root.
Though actually不過其實 English also keeps an older picture of the same word英文還保留了這個詞更古老的畫面 a knight errant knight errant（遊俠騎士）指的是 was a knight who travelled around looking for adventure四處遊歷、尋找冒險的騎士 That “wandering” idea那種「到處遊蕩」的概念 is the older root就是這個詞更古老的根源
In sport, an errant pass is one that flies off where it was meant to go — not naughty, just off-course.
In sport在運動裡 an errant pass一個errant的傳球 is one that flies off where it was meant to go是指飛偏了原本該去的方向 not naughty不是頑皮搗蛋 just off-course只是偏離了軌道
組成It does not split in modern English. It came from Old French errant, “wandering”. Behind that sit two Latin streams that later mixed: iter, “a journey”, and errare, “to stray / go wrong”. The “badly behaved / unfaithful” sense belongs with the “stray” stream.
原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
errantadj/ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/
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Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits.
- In that there are just seven Planets or errant Stars in the lower Orbs of heaven: but it is now demonstrable unto sense, that there are many more
- They were all doomed to be disappointed, however, for the errant engine decided at Stanley junction to spend the remainder of its crowded hour of freedom on the Aberdeen line, and finally came to rest, short of breath, in the dip between Ballathie and Cargill, near the bridge over the Tay.
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Roving around; wandering.
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Prone to erring or making errors; misbehaving.
- We ran down the street in pursuit of the errant dog.
errantnoun/ˈɛɹ(ə)nt/
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A knight-errant.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。