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。
• Why are you always wallowing in self-pity? It does no good.
  你为什么总是沉溺于自怜？那没什么好处。
• He was wallowing in mortification.
  他却尽在羞愧的圈子里打滚。
• The already heavily burdened foot soldier also had to help push and pull vehicles and horses wallowing in the muck.
  已经负重不堪的徒步士兵还不得不帮助推拉那些陷入泥坑的车辆和马匹。
• They're absolutely wallowing in money, ie very rich.
  他们家资广有（很富有）。
• We watched the hippos wallowing in the mud.
  我们看见河马在泥中打滚。
• I wish she'd do something to help herself instead of just wallowing in self-pity!
  我希望她能做点自助自救的工作，而不要只沉湎于自哀自怜中。
• I missed the days when they were as attached to me as Rebekah's little girls were to her. That does not mean we should not face up to our deficiencies, but facing up means moving forward, not wallowing in the past.
  我留恋过去的一些日子，那时他们像丽贝卡的小女孩们依恋妈妈一样依恋着我。这也不意味我们不去面对自己的缺点，但面对缺点是要前进，不是要留恋过去。
• Wallowing in freakish misery forever.
  永远徘徊于怪物的痛苦里。
• Because the weather was so hot, the pigs were wallowing in the mud trying to cool off.
  天气太热了，猪都跑到泥沼里打滚，让自己能凉爽一点。