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wag v.(狗尾巴等)摆动；n.诙谐幽默者 wag (v.) early 13c. (intransitive), "waver, vacillate, lack steadfastness," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vagga "a cradle," Danish vugge "rock a cradle," Old Swedish wagga "fluctuate, rock" a cradle), and in part from Old English wagian "move backwards and forwards;" all from Proto-Germanic *wag- (cognates: Old High German weggen, Gothic wagjan "to wag"), probably from PIE root *wegh- "to move about" (see weigh).Transitive meaning "move (something) back and forth or up and down" is from c.1300; of dogs and their tails from mid-15c.: "and whanne they [hounds] see the hure maystre they wol make him cheere and wagge hur tayles upon him." [Edward, Duke of York, "The Master of Game," 1456]. Related: Wagged; wagging. Wag-at-the-wall (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed.wag (n.1) "person fond of making jokes," 1550s, perhaps a shortening of waghalter "gallows bird," person destined to swing in a noose or halter, applied humorously to mischievous children, from wag (v.) + halter. Or possibly directly from wag (v.); compare wagger "one who stirs up or agitates" (late 14c.).wag (n.2) "act of wagging," 1580s, from wag (v.). 【记】waggon 四轮运货马车，坐在上面摇动的很；音：尾狗，狗尾，狗尾巴摇动，身体笑得摇动；音：歪哥，不正经的哥们爱摇摆舞，并说打趣的话【相关】swing 摇摆，swag 摇晃

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[wæg] 【英】 v.(狗尾巴等)摆动; n.诙谐幽默者(wit, joker)【考】 wag : humorous / dolt : stupid / libertine : dissolute / buffoon : ludicrous(爱说笑的人幽默/傻 瓜笨/放荡者放荡/小 丑滑稽) n. 诙谐幽默者【记】读: 外国, 幽默者多是外国人【参】waggish(adj 爱开玩笑的)【类】wag: humorous = dolt: stupid = libertine: dissolute = buffoon: ludicrous爱说笑的人幽默 = 傻瓜笨 = 放荡者放荡 = 小丑滑稽

单词	wag
音标	[wæg]
解释	v.(狗尾巴等)摆动；n.诙谐幽默者
红宝书	【英】 v.(狗尾巴等)摆动; n.诙谐幽默者(wit, joker) 【考】 wag : humorous / dolt : stupid / libertine : dissolute / buffoon : ludicrous(爱说笑的人幽默/傻瓜笨/放荡者放荡/小丑滑稽)
字源	wag (v.) early 13c. (intransitive), "waver, vacillate, lack steadfastness," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vagga "a cradle," Danish vugge "rock a cradle," Old Swedish wagga "fluctuate, rock" a cradle), and in part from Old English wagian "move backwards and forwards;" all from Proto-Germanic wag- (cognates: Old High German weggen, Gothic wagjan "to wag"), probably from PIE root wegh- "to move about" (see weigh). Transitive meaning "move (something) back and forth or up and down" is from c.1300; of dogs and their tails from mid-15c.: "and whanne they [hounds] see the hure maystre they wol make him cheere and wagge hur tayles upon him." [Edward, Duke of York, "The Master of Game," 1456]. Related: Wagged; wagging. Wag-at-the-wall (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed. wag (n.1) "person fond of making jokes," 1550s, perhaps a shortening of waghalter "gallows bird," person destined to swing in a noose or halter, applied humorously to mischievous children, from wag (v.) + halter. Or possibly directly from wag (v.); compare wagger "one who stirs up or agitates" (late 14c.). wag (n.2) "act of wagging," 1580s, from wag (v.).
不择手段背单词	n. 诙谐幽默者【记】读: 外国, 幽默者多是外国人【参】waggish(adj 爱开玩笑的) 【类】wag: humorous = dolt: stupid = libertine: dissolute = buffoon: ludicrous爱说笑的人幽默 = 傻瓜笨 = 放荡者放荡 = 小丑滑稽
趣味全助记	【记】waggon 四轮运货马车，坐在上面摇动的很；音：尾狗，狗尾，狗尾巴摇动，身体笑得摇动；音：歪哥，不正经的哥们爱摇摆舞，并说打趣的话【相关】swing 摇摆，swag 摇晃

Wag Humorous Stupid Dissolute V Cradle Move Wæg