wallow

英 [ˈwɒləʊ]

美 [ˈwɑːloʊ]

v.  (为保持凉爽或嬉戏在烂泥、水里)打滚，翻滚; 沉湎; 放纵
n.  (在烂泥或水里的)打滚嬉戏，翻滚

现在分词：wallowing　过去式：wallowed　复数：wallows　第三人称单数：wallows　过去分词：wallowed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.18476 / COCA.14983

牛津词典

verb

• （为保持凉爽或嬉戏在烂泥、水里）打滚，翻滚
  to lie and roll about in water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure
  1. hippos wallowing in the river
     在河里打滚的河马
  2. He loves to wallow in a hot bath after a game.
     他在比赛后喜欢泡个热水澡。
• 沉湎；放纵
  to enjoy sth that causes you pleasure
  1. She wallowed in the luxury of the hotel.
     她沉湎于旅馆豪华奢侈的享乐之中。
  2. to wallow in despair/self-pity (= to think about your unhappy feelings all the time and seem to be enjoying them)
     陷入绝望；顾影自怜

noun

• （在烂泥或水里的）打滚嬉戏，翻滚
  an act of wallowing
  1. pigs having a wallow in the mud
     在烂泥中打滚的猪

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉溺（于不快的境况）
  If you say that someoneis wallowing inan unpleasant situation, you are criticizing them for being deliberately unhappy.
  1. His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity...
     他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。
  2. I wanted only to wallow in my own grief.
     我只想沉湎于自己的悲伤中。
• VERB (在水或泥浆中)躺卧，打滚
  If a person or animalwallows inwater or mud, they lie or roll about in it slowly for pleasure.
  1. Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths...
     我从来没找到过如此好的理由，可以美美地泡个热水澡。
  2. Dogs love splashing in mud and hippos wallow in it.
     狗喜欢在泥水洼里扑腾，河马则喜欢在其中打滚撒欢儿。

双语例句

• I wanted only to wallow in my own grief.
  我只想沉湎于自己的悲伤中。
• I would rather just wallow in uncertainty than have things finished.
  我宁愿只是沉溺在不确定性没有听见。
• Let us not wallow in the valley of despair, I say to you today, my friends.
  朋友们，今天我对你们说，我们不要陷入绝望而不可自拔。
• At first I only wanted to wallow in their misery.
  起初我只想拿他们的痛苦幸灾乐祸一番。
• His parents are partly responsible for his wallow.
  他的父母对他的堕落负有部分责任。
• You can moan, groan, wallow in self pity and be miserable. Or, you can focus on things beyond the pain and hurt life bring, find the humor and look for the positives.
  你可以呻吟、抱怨、痛苦不堪，你也可以超越生活带给你的痛苦和伤害，去关注其他事情，从而找到幽默和乐观。
• She was very sympathetic to my feelings, but she didn't let me wallow in self-pity.
  她了解我的感受，很能将心比心，但没有让我继续陷入自艾自怜当中。
• I wallow in sounds of flapping wings
  我在扇动双翼的声音中沉溺
• His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity
  他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。
• He's really wallow in the praise of his new book.
  他简直沈醉于别人对他新书的赞美中。