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wallow 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈwälō/,
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wallowed, past participle; wallows, 3rd person singular present; wallowing, present participle; wallowed, past tense;
  1. (chiefly of large mammals) Roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water, esp. to keep cool, avoid biting insects, or spread scent
    • - watering places where buffalo liked to wallow
  2. (of a boat or aircraft) Roll from side to side
    • - the small jet wallowed in the sky
  3. (of a person) Indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation)
    • - I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel
    • - he had been wallowing in self-pity
Noun
  1. An act of wallowing
    • - a wallow in nostalgia
  2. An area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use

  1. a puddle where animals go to wallow
  2. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure; "Wallow in luxury"; "wallow in your sorrows"
  3. an indolent or clumsy rolling about; "a good wallow in the water"
  4. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
  5. billow: rise up as if in waves; "smoke billowed up into the sky"
  6. be ecstatic with joy
  7. delight greatly in; "wallow in your success!"
  8. An instance of wallowing; A pool of water or mud in which animals wallow; A kind of rolling walk; To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire; To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, ...
  9. To lie in the trough of a sea and roll heavily; to roll under the sea.
  10. Elk mud hole used for rutting and for keeping bugs away
  11. water-filled depression or container large enough for pigs to lay in to cool off during warm weather.
  12. to roll around or struggle through clumsily