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  1. The children enjoyed watching the hippopotamus wallowing in the mud.
    孩子们喜欢看河马在泥中打滚。
  2. He seemed to be wallowing in luxury.
    他似乎沉溺于豪华的享乐中。



Wallow \Wal"low\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wallowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Wallowing}.] [OE. walwen, AS. wealwian; akin to Goth.
walwjan (in comp.) to roll, L. volvere; cf. Skr. val to turn.
[root]147. Cf. {Voluble Well}, n.]
1. To roll one's self about, as in mire; to tumble and roll
about; to move lazily or heavily in any medium; to
flounder; as, swine wallow in the mire.

I may wallow in the lily beds. --Shak.

2. To live in filth or gross vice; to disport one's self in a
beastly and unworthy manner.

God sees a man wallowing in his native impurity.
--South.

3. To wither; to fade. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

  1. Afterward, Hiroshi gave me a ride to the mid-priced hotel where I would spend the next night wallowing in the putrefaction of relative luxury.
  2. Automaking giant General Motors Corp., which a year ago was wallowing in lotfuls of unsold cars, is showing signs of resurgence because of higher demand for profitable models and an aggressive sales-incentive campaign.
  3. The Japanese companies managed to make compacts stylish, turning out sporty, young-looking cars that young people could afford. Detroit was left wallowing behind.
  4. The Senate passes resolutions wallowing in the Armenian tragedies of the old Ottoman Empire that collapsed in World War I, though in our time the problem has been the murder of Turkish diplomats by Armenian terrorists.
  5. Sari-clad women stooped among the waist-high rice, and white egrets perched on the backs of wallowing water buffalo.
  6. "We're still wallowing around at the bottom," said Atlanta-based home builder Douglas Spohn.
  7. The company is wallowing in debt and red ink.
  8. Created for Judith Jamison, who now directs the Ailey company, it was danced by Renee Robinson with absolute conviction, and with an eloquence that avoided bombast or emotional wallowing.
  9. The Light Blues left the internationals wallowing four lengths adrift.
  10. Gold advises Lacey to stop wallowing in the past, to get rid of his "Columbo" raincoat and to give up on personal ads.
  11. A wallowing economy and weak corporate profits have raised fears on Wall Street of a major sell-off before year end.
  12. Mr. Dukakis, the winner in New Hampshire, is wallowing in cash.
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