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wagged, wagging
(with reference to an animal's tail) move or cause to move rapidly to and fro（指动物尾巴） （使）来回摇摆：no obj. his tail began to wag他开始摇尾巴
with obj. the dog went out, wagging its tail.狗摇着尾巴出去了。
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- with obj. move (an upwards-pointing finger) from side to side to signify a warning or reprimand来回摇动（竖立的手指）（表示警告或责备）：
she wagged a finger at Elinor.
她朝埃莉诺晃动手指。
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- no obj.(used of a tongue, jaw, or chin, as representing a person) talk, especially in order to gossip or spread rumours（舌、下巴指代人时）饶舌, 议论（尤指传播谣言）：
this is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag.
这是一个小岛, 人们开始议论纷纷。
- a single rapid movement from side to side摆动, 摇动：
a chirpy wag of the head.
高兴地摆了摆头。
短语
how the world wags
- dated how affairs are going or being conducted〈旧〉情况如何。
the tail wags the dog
- 见
TAIL1 .
词源
Middle English (as a verb)： from the Germanic base of Old English wagian 'to sway'.
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- dated a person who makes facetious jokes〈旧〉爱说笑打趣的人; 诙谐的人。
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- Austral./NZ informal a truant〈澳/新西兰, 非正式〉逃学者：
Boogie plays the wag from school.
布吉逃学。
词源
mid 16th cent. （denoting a young man or mischievous boy， also used as a term of endearment to an infant）： probably from obsolete waghalter 'person likely to be hanged' （see WAG1， HALTER ）. The verb dates from the late 20th cent.