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1
- (chiefly of large mammals) roll about or lie relaxed in mud or water, especially to keep cool, avoid biting insects, or spread scent（多指大型哺乳动物）（在泥或水中）打滚; 泡着：
there were watering places where buffalo liked to wallow.
有一些水牛喜欢在那里打滚的动物饮水处。
1.1
- (of a boat or aircraft) roll from side to side（船, 航空器）颠簸; 左右摇摆：
the small jet wallowed in the sky.
小型喷气式飞机在空中颠簸。
2
wallow in
(of a person) indulge in an unrestrained way in (something that creates a pleasurable sensation)（人）沉湎于, 沉迷于：I was wallowing in the luxury of the hotel
我沉湎于旅馆的豪华奢侈
he had been wallowing in self-pity.
她一直沉迷于自怜之中。
1
- an act of wallowing打滚, 翻滚; 沉湎：
a wallow in nostalgia.
沉湎于怀旧。
2
- an area of mud or shallow water where mammals go to wallow, typically developing into a depression in the ground over long use（哺乳动物打滚的）泥坑, 泥潭; 水坑。
派生词
wallower
noun词源
Old English walwian 'to roll about'， of Germanic origin， from an Indo-European root shared by Latin volvere 'to roll'.