| 词汇 | wallowing |
| 释义 | wallowing present participle ofwallow wallow verb[ I ] uk /ˈwɒl.əʊ/ us /ˈwɑː.loʊ/ (especially of some animals) to lie or roll around slowly in deep, wet earth, sand, or water: （尤指动物在泥、沙或水中）打滚 a hippopotamus wallowing in mud在烂泥中打滚的河马 Animal (non-human) behaviour accidental apex predator beg behave behaviour behavioural science claw fawn gambol homing housebroken migrate monogamous monogamously monogamy murmuration nocturnal ravening scent soar You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Movement on or through water Phrasal verbwallow in something Examples of wallowingwallowing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Ian never really forgave himself for not being with his dying wife and admitted to ' wallowing ' in selfish anger for a long time. This missive is highly unwelcome to me, for it shows that our country is wallowing in debt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Politicians of all shapes, sizes and colours are wallowing in a warm bath of anti-commercialism. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They presume to use the workforce as scapegoats, challenging their acquired rights and almost implying that they are wallowing in affluence. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We had no intention of crying over spilt milk, and certainly not of wallowing in it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 All of them are achieving higher returns than us, while we are wallowing in chronic recession. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are wallowing in the trap of the double deficit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He comes here now wallowing in emotive tears about the hardship that widows are suffering. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Here in this country we are wallowing in welfare. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So often, when we have these debates, cease wallowing in mutual congratulation and start getting down to cases, the odd interesting and important point emerges. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the last week we seem to have been wallowing in uncertainty and seemingly inadequate intelligence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was wallowing self-righteously in self-pity—and for what? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now we can indulge both failings simultaneously, and many people are wallowing in short-term gloom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall not take too much more time wallowing in past successes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not have that, we are simply wallowing in the failures of the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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