Your wanderings are the travelling you have done with no fixed plan — going from place to place, staying only a short time in each. The word is almost always plural, and it almost always looks backwards: people talk about their wanderings after they are over, when the whole messy journey has become a story. 'During my wanderings in South America…' is the natural shape.

Your wanderings你的wanderingsare the travelling you have done with no fixed plan是你沒有固定計畫做過的那些旅行——going from place to place一個地方換過一個地方，staying only a short time in each每個地方只待一下下。The word is almost always plural這個字幾乎都用複數，and it almost always looks backwards而且幾乎都是回頭看的：people talk about their wanderings after they are over大家會在整段旅程結束之後才講自己的wanderings，when the whole messy journey has become a story那時候整段亂七八糟的旅程已經變成一個故事了。'During my wanderings in South America…'「During my wanderings in South America…我在南美洲到處遊蕩的那段時間……」is the natural shape是這個字自然的用法。

It is not the word for an organised trip. A two-week package tour is not wanderings. The word needs the idea that you did not really know where you would end up, and that there were many places rather than one.

It is not the word這不是用來講for an organised trip有規劃的旅行的字。A two-week package tour兩星期的套裝旅遊is not wanderings不算wanderings。The word needs the idea這個字需要有這個概念：that you did not really know where you would end up就是你其實不知道最後會到哪裡，and that there were many places rather than one而且去的是很多地方，不是一個地方。

It often sounds a little old-fashioned or literary, and slightly warm — the speaker is fond of that time in their life. Sometimes it carries a small joke about being aimless: 'after my wanderings around Europe' can mean 'the years I spent with no job and no idea what I was doing'.

It often sounds a little old-fashioned or literary這個字聽起來常常有點老派或文藝，and slightly warm而且帶點溫暖的感覺——the speaker is fond of that time in their life講的人是懷念自己生命中的那段時光。Sometimes it carries a small joke about being aimless有時候這個字帶點自嘲沒有方向的玩笑意味：'after my wanderings around Europe'像「after my wanderings around Europe我在歐洲到處晃的那段日子」can mean 'the years I spent with no job and no idea what I was doing'可能是指「那幾年我沒工作，也不知道自己在幹嘛」。

There is a second use for the mind. Wanderings can be thoughts that drift with no direction, especially when someone is very tired or very ill and their talk stops making sense: 'the wanderings of a sick old man'. This use is less common but you will meet it in books.

There is a second use還有第二種用法for the mind是用在腦子上的。Wanderings can be thoughts that drift with no directionwanderings可以指沒有方向亂飄的思緒，especially when someone is very tired or very ill尤其是一個人很累或病得很重的時候，and their talk stops making sense講話開始語無倫次：'the wanderings of a sick old man'像「the wanderings of a sick old man一個生病老人語無倫次的胡言亂語」。This use is less common這種用法比較少見but you will meet it in books但你會在書裡碰到。