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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• You want someone who won't let you wallow in pain.
  你需要的只是有人不会让你陷入痛苦中而不能自拔。
• But don't wallow in nostalgia, pining for what might have been.
  但是切不可以过分沉浸在过去的伤怀中而于可能的结果念念不忘。
• I think what you really need to do today is wallow.
  我觉得你今天该去放纵自己。
• 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？
• I no longer wallow in the grime and gutters, but I walk along crowded sidewalks with my head held high.
  我再也不必在穷途末路上堕落了。我已能在拥挤的人行道上昂首阔步了。
• 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。