wallow: [OE] To wallow is etymologically to ‘roll’ about. The word goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base *wol-, *wel- ‘roll’, which also produced English helix, involve, vault, volume, etc. From this was descended prehistoric Germanic *wal-, *wel- (source of English waltz, welter, etc, and possibly of wallet). The extended form *walw- produced West Germanic *walwōjan, which evolved into English wallow. => involve, revolve, volume, waltz, welter
wallow (v.)
Old English wealwian "to roll," from West Germanic *walwon, from PIE root *wel- (3) "to roll" (see volvox). Figurative sense of "to plunge and remain in some state or condition" is attested from early 13c. Related: Wallowed; wallowing. The noun is recorded from 1590s as "act of rolling;" 1841 as "place where an animal wallows."
实用例句
1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. She's not someone who likes to wallow in self-pity .
她不是那种喜欢自怜的人。
来自《权威词典》
4. His parents are partly responsible for his wallow.
