wallow

verb

/ˈwɒləʊ/

/ˈwɑːləʊ/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they wallow	/ˈwɒləʊ/ /ˈwɑːləʊ/
he / she / it wallows	/ˈwɒləʊz/ /ˈwɑːləʊz/
past simple wallowed	/ˈwɒləʊd/ /ˈwɑːləʊd/
past participle wallowed	/ˈwɒləʊd/ /ˈwɑːləʊd/
-ing form wallowing	/ˈwɒləʊɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːləʊɪŋ/

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[intransitive] wallow (in something) (of large animals or people大動物或人) to lie and roll about in water or mud, to keep cool or for pleasure（爲保持涼爽或嬉戲在爛泥、水裏）打滾，翻滾
- hippos wallowing in the river在河裏打滾的河馬
- He loves to wallow in a hot bath after a game.他在比賽後喜歡泡個熱水澡。
[intransitive] wallow in something (often disapproving) to enjoy something that causes you pleasure沉湎；放縱
- She wallowed in the luxury of the hotel.她沉湎於旅館豪華奢侈的享樂之中。
- to wallow in despair/self-pity (= to think about your unhappy feelings all the time and seem to be enjoying them)陷入絕望；顧影自憐

Word OriginOld English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’.

noun

/ˈwɒləʊ/

/ˈwɑːləʊ/

[singular]

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an act of wallowing（在爛泥或水裏的）打滾嬉戲，翻滾
- pigs having a wallow in the mud在爛泥中打滾的豬
Word OriginOld English walwian ‘to roll about’, of Germanic origin, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere ‘to roll’.

BNC: 18476 COCA: 14983

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