wallow

名词 wallow:

1. a puddle where animals go to wallow
2. an indolent or clumsy rolling about

动词 wallow:

1. devote oneself entirely to something; indulge in to an immoderate degree, usually with pleasure
2. roll around, "pigs were wallowing in the mud"
   同义词：welter
3. rise up as if in waves
   同义词：billow
4. be ecstatic with joy
   同义词：rejoice, triumph
5. delight greatly in

1. Regret being an appalling waste of energy; you can not build on it; it's only good for wallow in.
   后悔是精力的一大浪费; 你不能靠它(稳站于其上), 只适宜沉迷于其中。
2. The ship wallowed in the rough sea.
   船在汹涌的海上颠簸。
3. He seemed to be wallowing in luxury.
   他似乎沉溺于豪华的享乐中。
4. The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.
   孩子们喜欢看河马在泥中打滚。

wal.low

v.intr.（不及物动词）
wal.lowed,wal.low.ing,wal.lows
To roll the body about indolently or clumsily in or as if in water, snow, or mud.
打滚：在或好象在水里、雪中或泥浆中懒散地或笨拙地滚动身体
To luxuriate; revel:
沉湎；纵乐：
例句：
wallow in self-righteousness.
沉缅于唯我独是之中

To be plentifully supplied:
大量地得到供给：
例句：
wallowing in money.
钱币来源充足

To move with difficulty in a clumsy or rolling manner; flounder:
蹒跚：以一种笨拙的或翻滚的方式行走；走路蹒跚：
例句：
.The car wallowed back through the slush, with ribbons of bright water trickling down the windshield from the roof.(Anne Tyler)
.汽车艰难地在雪泥里倒车，一条条白亮的水带从车顶沿挡风窗滴淌下来.(安妮·泰勒)

To swell or surge forth; billow.
翻腾：膨胀或翻滚；翻腾
n.（名词）
The act or an instance of wallowing.
打滚：打滚的动作或事例

A pool of water or mud where animals go to wallow.
泥坑：动物打滚所去的水塘或泥塘
The depression, pool, or pit produced by wallowing animals.
洼地：因动物打滚造成的凹陷、塘或坑
A condition of degradation or baseness.
堕落：堕落或下贱的状态

来源：
Middle English walowen
中古英语 walowen
from Old English wealwian * see wel- 2
源自 古英语 wealwian *参见 wel- 2

【引伸】
wal.lower
n.（名词）