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单词 wallow
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wallow
verb[I]
uk
/ˈwɒl.əʊ/us
/ˈwɑː.loʊ/
(especiallyof someanimals) tolieorrollaroundslowlyindeep,wetearth,sand, orwater:
（尤指动物在泥、沙或水中）打滚
ahippopotamuswallowinginmud在烂泥中打滚的河马
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Phrasal verb

wallow insomething
wallow
noun[Cusually singular]
informal
uk
/ˈwɒl.əʊ/us
/ˈwɑː.loʊ/
theactoflyingorrollingaroundslowlyindeep,wetearth,sand, orwater:
Helikesa good wallow in thebath.
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  • Ipreferaquickshowerto alongwallow.
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(Definition ofwallowfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
wallow
verb[I]
uk
/ˈwɒl.əʊ/us
/ˈwɑː.loʊ/
(especiallyof someanimals) tolieorrollaroundslowlyindeep,wetearth,sand, orwater
（尤指动物在泥、沙或水中）打滚
ahippopotamuswallowinginmud在烂泥中打滚的河马

Phrasal verb

wallow insth

wallow| American Dictionary

wallow
verb[I]
us
/ˈwɑl·oʊ/
(esp. ofanimals) tolieorrollaboutslowlyindeep,wetearth,sand, orwater:
Thepigwallowed in themud.
fig.To wallow in anemotionorsituationis tostayin thatstatewithouttryingtochange:
He was not afellowtoshedtears, or wallow inself-pity.
(Definition ofwallowfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofwallow

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We are wallowing in the trap of the double deficit.
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He comes here now wallowing in emotive tears about the hardship that widows are suffering.
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Here in this country we are wallowing in welfare.
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Rarely can a party have so wallowed in the irresponsibility of opposition.
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In the last week we seem to have been wallowing in uncertainty and seemingly inadequate intelligence.
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He was wallowing self-righteously in self-pity—and for what?
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In fact, we have fairly wallowed in them.
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Fast food packaging, crisp bags, disposable drinks cans and cigarette stubs mar our environment: we are a nation that wallows in filth.
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If we do not have that, we are simply wallowing in the failures of the past.
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No one could say that it is wallowing in a fortune of greed; quite the opposite.
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The plain truth is that too many people wallowed delightedly in a system in which asset stripping was acceptable.
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I refuse to join in this wallowing in mashochistic self-abasement.
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I know dozens of private firms which are wallowing about in difficulties because their key men are away.
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Not only do they not know, but they are content to go on wallowing in ignorance.
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We know that many people are given only information and then left wallowing and wondering what on earth they should make of it.
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