wanton meaning in English
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。
4.〔诗〕(花草)繁茂的。
短语和例子
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.
Examples
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。