wallowing

英 [ˈwɒləʊɪŋ]

美 [ˈwɑːloʊɪŋ]

v.  (为保持凉爽或嬉戏在烂泥、水里)打滚，翻滚; 沉湎; 放纵
wallow的现在分词

复数：wallowings　现在分词：wallowing　

柯林斯词典

• VERB 沉溺（于不快的境况）
  If you say that someoneis wallowing inan unpleasant situation, you are criticizing them for being deliberately unhappy.
  1. His tired mind continued to wallow in self-pity...
     他疲惫的心继续沉溺于自哀自怜之中。
  2. I wanted only to wallow in my own grief.
     我只想沉湎于自己的悲伤中。
• VERB (在水或泥浆中)躺卧，打滚
  If a person or animalwallows inwater or mud, they lie or roll about in it slowly for pleasure.
  1. Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths...
     我从来没找到过如此好的理由，可以美美地泡个热水澡。
  2. Dogs love splashing in mud and hippos wallow in it.
     狗喜欢在泥水洼里扑腾，河马则喜欢在其中打滚撒欢儿。

双语例句

• For these laments aren't for their own sake; it's not self-pity or a wallowing in one's tears.
  因为这不是为了他们自己而作的哀歌；这不是自我可怜，也不是要在泪海中沉溺不起。
• Never have I had such a good excuse for wallowing in deep warm baths
  我从来没找到过如此好的理由，可以美美地泡个热水澡。
• Lord, you've found us hiding away from you, wallowing in self-pity.
  主啊，祢发现我们在自怨自艾，躲避不敢见祢。
• The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing ( about) in the mud.
  孩子们真喜观看河马在泥中打滚。
• You can't just sit there wallowing in self-pity.
  你不能坐在那儿沉迷于自哀自怜之中。
• It is no longer the Dark Continent in continual economic free fall, wallowing in debt, poverty and disease.
  它也不再是经济像自由落体那样下滑的黑暗大陆，不再沉溺于债务、贫穷和疾病。
• They're absolutely wallowing in money, ie very rich.
  他们家资广有（很富有）。
• He was wallowing in mortification.
  他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚。
• We watched the hippos wallowing in the mud.
  我们看见河马在泥中打滚。
• Instead he lay there wallowing now in the seas and the old man pulled the skiff up onto him.
  它反而躺在海面上翻滚着，老人只得把小船驶到它的身边。