wag
verb /wæɡ/
/wæɡ/
动词形式
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they wag | /wæɡ/ /wæɡ/ |
| he / she / it wags | /wæɡz/ /wæɡz/ |
| past simple wagged | /wæɡd/ /wæɡd/ |
| past participle wagged | /wæɡd/ /wæɡd/ |
| -ing form wagging | /ˈwæɡɪŋ/ /ˈwæɡɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] wag (something) if a dog wags its tail, or its tail wags, its tail moves from side to side several times
（狗）摇，摆动（尾巴）；（狗尾巴）摇，摆动 - The dog raced ahead, its tail wagging furiously.
狗向前冲去，尾巴猛烈地摇摆着 。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- furiously
- happily
- The dog raced ahead, its tail wagging furiously.
- [transitive] wag something to shake your finger or your head from side to side or up and down, often because you do not approve of something
摆动，摇（头或手指，常表示不赞成） - ‘Just remember what I said,’ she repeated, wagging her finger at him.
“记住我的话。”她重复道，朝他挥动了一下手指。 - He wagged his head from side to side.
他左右摇晃着脑袋。
- ‘Just remember what I said,’ she repeated, wagging her finger at him.
- [transitive] wag something (Australian English, New Zealand English) to stay away from school without permission
逃学 - to wag school
逃学
- to wag school
词源verb Middle English (as a verb): from the Germanic base of Old English wagian ‘to sway’.
Idioms
set tongues wagging | tongues are wagging
- (informal) to cause people to start talking/people are talking about somebody’s private affairs
惹得满城风雨；使议论纷纷；招闲话 - His sudden resignation set tongues wagging.
他的突然辞职引起了人们的议论。 - This is a small island and tongues are beginning to wag.
这是一个小岛, 人们开始议论纷纷。
- His sudden resignation set tongues wagging.
the tail (is) wagging the dog
- used to describe a situation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by somebody/something that is not as important
（用以描述次要部分影响和支配主要部分）主次颠倒，喧宾夺主