Word · Frequency #18587
weltering
翻滚；滚动；起伏
weltering is the present participle of welter.
toss, roll, or rise and fall in an uncontrolled way
- 1.
To roll around; to wallow.
打滚；翻滚。
- 2.
To wither; to wilt.
枯萎；凋萎。
- 3.
To revel, luxuriate.
陶醉,纵情享受。
- 4.
To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll.
起伏,翻滚,滚动。
沉溺；浸湿；打滚；翻滚。；枯萎；凋萎。；陶醉,纵情享受。；起伏,翻滚,滚动。
In use
The little boat weltered in the stormy waves, but the sailor kept his balance.
The children were weltering in the shallow pool, splashing and laughing.
The kite weltered in the gusty wind, rising and falling in wild arcs.
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。
a welter of sth
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。
Verb forms
base welter · third person welters · -ing weltering · past weltered · past participle weltered
规则动词，词形变化为 welter / welters / weltering / weltered。
Connections
Collocations
- a welter of emotions
- 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。
- a welter of information
- 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。
- welter in blood
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a welter of
- 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。
- in the welter of
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
巨浪中翻滚沉浮、浑身浸湿——welter 即不受控地翻滚、沉浸。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.