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

• Don't just wallow in self-pity, do something about your problems!
  别只是自怨自怜，干点什么解决一下你的问题。
• Place where animals go to wallow She slipped in the wet mud and fell to her knees.
  （动物常去打滚的）泥坑，水坑她在泥水中打了个趔趄，跪倒在地。
• 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。
• Do you have to wallow with your people? Smell like them?
  也许是这样，但要跟他们一起在泥浆中打滚和发臭吗？
• But many of the monsters who wallow in the depths of his imaginative creation are ones we recognise.
  然而，许许多多堕落于他虚幻世界之深渊的怪物却有着我们熟识的面孔。
• I generally prefer to wallow in my shyness rather than overcome it, but even I thought this was a good idea.
  我通常更偏向于沉迷于我的害羞之中，而不是克服它，尽管如此，我仍认为这个想法不错。
• Schadenfreude feels good, but so does disapproval, and thinking about that party makes me wallow in it.
  幸灾乐祸的感觉不错，但反对的感觉也不错。想到这个派对，就让我沉浸在反对的情绪中。
• 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。
• 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。
• Don't we have every right to wallow in self-pity?
  难道我们没有绝对的权利沉迷在自怜里吗？