Wanderlust is the strong pull you feel to travel — to leave where you are and go somewhere new. It is a feeling, not an action, and it is a feeling in the body and the chest more than a decision in the head.

Wanderlust漂泊慾、旅行的渴望 is the strong pull you feel to travel是你感覺到想去旅行的那股強烈拉力 — to leave where you are and go somewhere new想離開現在的地方、去一個新的地方。It is a feeling, not an action這是一種感覺，不是一個動作, and it is a feeling in the body and the chest而且是身體、胸口裡的那種感覺 more than a decision in the head比較不是腦袋裡的決定。

You can have wanderlust while sitting at your desk. That is the point of the word: it names the itch, not the trip.

You can have wanderlust while sitting at your desk你可以坐在書桌前就有wanderlust這種感覺。That is the point of the word這正是這個字的重點: it names the itch, not the trip它命名的是那股『癢』，不是那趟旅行。

English borrowed it whole from German, and it still sounds slightly special, so people use it when they want to describe travelling as a hunger rather than a hobby. It appears constantly in travel writing, in advertisements, and on social media, sometimes so much that it can sound a little empty — a photo of a beach with 'wanderlust' under it.

English borrowed it whole from German英文整個從德文借過來, and it still sounds slightly special而它聽起來還是有點特別, so people use it when they want to describe travelling as a hunger rather than a hobby所以當大家想把旅行形容成一種渴望而不只是興趣時就會用它。It appears constantly in travel writing, in advertisements, and on social media它經常出現在旅遊文章、廣告、和社群媒體裡, sometimes so much that it can sound a little empty有時候用得太多，反而顯得有點空洞 — a photo of a beach with 'wanderlust' under it像一張海灘照片下面配著'wanderlust'這個字。

Used well, though, it is a real and useful word, because English has no plainer way to say this exact feeling.

Used well如果用得好, though不過, it is a real and useful word它是個真實而有用的字, because English has no plainer way to say this exact feeling因為英文沒有更簡單的方式來表達這種確切的感覺。

It is normally uncountable: you feel wanderlust, you have wanderlust, wanderlust strikes. People also say 'wanderlust for' a particular place, and describe someone as 'full of wanderlust' or say their wanderlust 'kicked in'.

It is normally uncountable它通常是不可數名詞: you feel wanderlust你感覺到wanderlust, you have wanderlust你有wanderlust, wanderlust strikeswanderlust來襲。People also say也有人會說 'wanderlust for''wanderlust for'（對某個地方的渴望） a particular place某個特定的地方, and describe someone as 'full of wanderlust'或形容某人'full of wanderlust'（滿懷旅行渴望） or say their wanderlust 'kicked in'或說他們的wanderlust'kicked in'（湧上心頭）。

It is not a criticism — unlike 'restless', wanderlust sounds like an attractive quality.

It is not a criticism這不是一種批評 — unlike 'restless'跟'restless'（坐立不安）不一樣, wanderlust sounds like an attractive quality而wanderlust聽起來像是一種吸引人的特質。