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welter in sth
后接表示情感、状态或液体的名词，如 self-pity、blood、mud 等。
After losing his job, he weltered in self-pity for months.
失业后，他好几个月都沉浸在自怜之中。
翻滚；滚动；起伏
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
翻滚；滚动；起伏
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
After losing his job, he weltered in self-pity for months.
失业后，他好几个月都沉浸在自怜之中。
打滚；翻滚。
To roll around; to wallow.
枯萎；凋萎。
To wither; to wilt.
陶醉,纵情享受。
To revel, luxuriate.
起伏,翻滚,滚动。
To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll.
welter
Base
原形
welters
3rd person
第三人称单数
weltering
-ing
现在分词
weltered
Past
过去式
weltered
Past participle
过去分词
The ship welters in the storm.
这艘船在暴风雨中激烈颠簸。
She weltered in self-pity after failing the exam.
考试失败后，她沉溺于自怜之中。
The waves have weltered against the cliff for hours.
海浪已在悬崖边翻腾了几个小时。
规则动词，词形变化为 welter / welters / weltering / weltered。
The little boat weltered in the stormy waves, but the sailor kept his balance.
小船在汹涌的波浪中翻滚，但水手保持了平衡。
The children were weltering in the shallow pool, splashing and laughing.
孩子们在浅水池里翻滚打闹，一边拍水一边大笑。
The kite weltered in the gusty wind, rising and falling in wild arcs.
风筝在阵风中翻滚起伏，划出狂野的弧线。
后接表示情感、状态或液体的名词，如 self-pity、blood、mud 等。
After losing his job, he weltered in self-pity for months.
失业后，他好几个月都沉浸在自怜之中。
作名词用，后接复数或不可数名词，强调数量多且杂乱。
The report contained a welter of confusing statistics.
这份报告包含大量令人困惑的数据。
Not this
He weltered sorrow after his failure.
Use this
He weltered in sorrow after his failure.
当 welter 表示“沉溺、沉浸”时是不及物动词，须接介词 in 再接宾语；中文“沉溺于”的“于”易被省略，所以学习者常漏掉 in。
Not this
The essay contained a welter confusing ideas.
Use this
The essay contained a welter of confusing ideas.
名词 welter 作“大量、纷乱”讲时，固定搭配为 a welter of + 名词，漏掉 of 会让名词直接堆叠；中文里没有对应介词，因此容易遗漏。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
纷乱的情绪；百感交集
She felt a welter of emotions when she heard the news.
她听到这个消息时百感交集。
一大堆杂乱的信息
Users are confronted with a welter of information online.
用户在网上会面对大量杂乱的信息。
在血泊中翻滚；浸在血泊中
The wounded soldier weltered in blood on the battlefield.
那名受伤的士兵在战场血泊中翻滚。
一大堆杂乱的；大量混杂的
His desk was covered with a welter of papers and files.
他的书桌上堆满了杂乱的纸张和文件。
在…的纷乱之中；在纷繁复杂的…中
In the welter of competing claims, the truth was hard to find.
在众说纷纭的纷乱之中，真相很难找到。
Use welter naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
巨浪中翻滚沉浮、浑身浸湿——welter 即不受控地翻滚、沉浸。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、formal narrative、figurative writing 该词通常多用于文学或正式书面语，作动词时表示翻滚、滚动或沉浸、沉溺，多出现在书面叙述或比喻性描写中。
Words with the same /-ɛltə/ ending (shelter, swelter, smelter) rhyme with the target. Wetter (/ˈwɛtə/) drops the /l/; welder (/ˈwɛldə/) has /d/; filter (/ˈfɪltə/) uses /ɪ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.