Wag
[wæg] or [wæɡ]
解释:
(noun.) causing to move repeatedly from side to side.
(noun.) a witty amusing person who makes jokes.
(verb.) move from side to side; 'The happy dog wagged his tail'.
阿斯特编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To move one way and the other with quick turns; to shake to and fro; to move vibratingly; to cause to vibrate, as a part of the body; as, to wag the head.
(v. i.) To move one way and the other; to be shaken to and fro; to vibrate.
(v. i.) To be in action or motion; to move; to get along; to progress; to stir.
(v. i.) To go; to depart; to pack oft.
(v.) The act of wagging; a shake; as, a wag of the head.
(v.) A man full of sport and humor; a ludicrous fellow; a humorist; a wit; a joker.
录入:诺顿
同义词及近义词：
v. a. Shake, waggle.
v. n. Vibrate, move to and fro.
n. Wit, humorist, joker, jester, droll, humorous fellow, droll fellow.
编辑:洛拉
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Joker, jester, droll_fellow, humorist
ANT:Sober_fellow, serious_fellow
校对:特伦斯
解释:
n. a droll mischievous fellow: a man full of sport and humour: a wit: a fellow generally.—n. Wag′gery mischievous merriment.—adjs. Wag′gish—(rare) Wag′some.—adv. Wag′gishly.—ns. Wag′gishness; Wag′-wit a would-be wit.
v.t. and v.i. to move from side to side: to shake to and fro: (coll.) to depart: (Shak.) to move on make progress:—pr.p. wag′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. wagged.—n. a shaking moving to and fro.
编辑:韦斯利
娱乐性解释：
Wages, if received in dreams, brings unlooked for good to persons engaging in new enterprises. To pay out wages, denotes that you will be confounded by dissatisfaction. To have your wages reduced, warns you of unfriendly interest that is being taken against you. An increase of wages, suggests unusual profit in any undertaking.
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例句:
- Mr. Pickwick, you are a wag. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Dammy, George said to a confidential friend, she looked like a China doll, which has nothing to do all day but to grin and wag its head. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Our only chance of safety lay in making a clean job of it, said he, and he would not leave a tongue with power to wag in a witness-box. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Hullo, Dobbin, one wag would say, here's good news in the paper. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- But we all know the wag's definition of a philanthropist: a man whose charity increases directly as the square of the distance. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Ah,' said the little man, 'you're a wag, ain't you? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- He's a very agreeable acquaintance, Beck, the wag added. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- He led the way out, wagging his head and growling ominously. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- God bless my soul, yes, Jos said, wagging his head, so that his cheeks quivered like jellies. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- Pray tell me what it is, said Dorothea, anxiously, also rising and going to the open window, where Monk was looking in, panting and wagging his tail. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I will tell you in your private ear, replied she, wagging her turban three times with portentous significancy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- When she had entered two or three laborious items in the account-book, Jip would walk over the page, wagging his tail, and smear them all out. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- No, no,' said the other, looking round her and wagging her toothless jaws. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- The dog wagged his tail, but moved not. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I caressed him, and he wagged his great tail; but he looked an eerie creature to be alone with, and I could not tell whence he had come. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- His face was ashy pale, beads of perspiration shone upon his brow, and his hands shook until the hunting-crop wagged like a branch in the wind. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
- Judging from the fallen countenance of Silas as his head wagged backwards and forwards in a most uncomfortable manner, he did understand. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The old dog always comes out of his kennel and wags his tail, and whines affectionately when somebody passes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
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