单词 | wallow |
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音标 | ['wɔləu] |
解释 | n./v. (猪等)在泥水中打滚;沉溺于 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v./n.(猪等)在泥水中 打滚 (to roll about in mud);沉溺于(to take unrestrained pleasure) 【记】 分割记忆:wall(墙)+ low(低下的) 【例】 wallow in the mire(在泥沼中打滚) |
字源 | wallow (v.) Old English wealwian "to roll," from West Germanic *walwon, from PIE root *wel- (3) "to roll" (see volvox). Figurative sense of "to plunge and remain in some state or condition" is attested from early 13c. Related: Wallowed; wallowing. The noun is recorded from 1590s as "act of rolling;" 1841 as "place where an animal wallows." |
不择手段背单词 | v. /n. (在水里、雪中或泥浆中懒散地或笨拙地)打滚; 沉溺于 【记】wall(n 墙), low低: 导致水溢出-在水中打滚你的孩子要是wallow, 就wallop他. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】wall + low 矮墙,猪在矮墙内(猪圈)里打滚 |
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