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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

wallower

/wol-oh-er/US // ˈwɒl oʊ ər //

墙头草,壁虎,墙主,墙头堡

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person or thing that wallows.
    • : a horizontal gear driven off the brake wheel.

Examples

  • "When furniture be left to more than one person simultaneous, 'tis usual to divide it," explained the Wallower of Wealth.

  • "Us wur agin it very strong, because it had never been properly explained," said the Wallower in Wealth.

  • She was the arch-wallower, he told himself, filling his pipe in silence after Lucy had gone in.

  • "Other folk would want to be paid the same as me," said the Wallower in Wealth.

  • "Mrs. Drake left all your furniture to Kezia," shouted the Wallower in Wealth.

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