Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #18476
wallow
打滚；翻滚
to roll about in something dirty, such as mud
- 1.
To roll oneself about in something dirty, for example in mud.
在泥泞中打滚
- 2.
To move lazily or heavily in any medium.
懒散或沉重地移动
- 3.
To immerse oneself in, to occupy oneself with, metaphorically.
沉溺于
- 4.
To live or exist in filth or in a sickening manner.
在污秽或令人厌恶的环境中生活或存在
缓慢沉重地移动；蹒跚；沉溺；沉浸；生活在污秽中；过肮脏的生活；在泥泞中打滚；懒散或沉重地移动
In use
After the rain, the pigs love to wallow in the muddy pen.
The buffalo wallowed in the shallow river to cool down.
The dog came home covered in dirt because it had wallowed in the garden.
Verb forms
base wallow · third person wallows · -ing wallowing · past wallowed · past participle wallowed
规则动词，过去式和过去分词加-ed。
Connections
Collocations
- wallow in the mud
- 在泥里打滚
- The pigs were wallowing in the mud after the rain.雨后猪在泥里打滚。
- wallow in self-pity
- 沉溺于自怜
- He spent the whole weekend wallowing in self-pity.他整个周末都沉溺于自怜。
- wallow in nostalgia
- 沉溺于怀旧
- She likes to wallow in nostalgia when looking at old photos.看老照片时，她喜欢沉溺于怀旧。
- wallow in filth
- 在污秽中生活
- The neglected dogs wallowed in filth.那些被遗弃的狗在污秽中生活。
- wallow in ignorance
- 甘于无知
- He wallows in ignorance, refusing to read the news.他甘于无知，拒绝看新闻。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 wallow 拆成 wall（墙）+ low（低）：想象猪在低矮墙边的泥潭里打滚，浑身泥泞，即“打滚、沉溺”。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：动物在泥水或脏物中打滚的描写、文学或新闻评论中比喻性的情绪/处境表达 通常用于书面或略带文学性的语境；字面义（在泥水中打滚）较中性，比喻义（沉溺、沉浸）多带贬义，常见于“wallow in + 情绪/状态”的结构。
Grammar Note
常与介词 in 连用，表示沉迷于或打滚于某处。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 wallow /ˈwɒləu/ 真正押韵的有 follow /ˈfɒləu/、hollow /ˈhɒləu/、swallow /ˈswɒləu/（重读元音 /ɒ/ 及之后的 /ləu/ 相同）。注意拼写相似的 yellow、pillow、shallow、bellow、fallow 等都以 -llow 结尾，但元音不同（/e/、/ɪ/、/æ/ 等），并不押韵。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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