单词 | wallow |
释义 | wallow /wol"oh/, v.i. 1. to roll about or lie in water, snow, mud, dust, or the like, as for refreshment: Goats wallowed in the dust. 2. to live self-indulgently; luxuriate; revel: to wallow in luxury; to wallow in sentimentality. 3. to flounder about; move along or proceed clumsily or with difficulty: A gunboat wallowed toward port. 4. to surge up or billow forth, as smoke or heat: Waves of black smoke wallowed into the room. n. 5. an act or instance of wallowing. 6. a place in which animals wallow: hog wallow; an elephant wallow. 7. the indentation produced by animals wallowing: a series of wallows across the farmyard. [bef. 900; ME walwe, OE wealwian to roll; c. Goth walwjan; akin to L volvere] Syn. 2. swim, bask. |
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