| 单词 | wag |
| 释义 | wag (wæg ) Word forms: wags , wagging , wagged 1. verb When a dog wags its tail, it repeatedly waves its tail from side to side. The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail. [VERB noun] Synonyms: wave, shake, swing, waggle 2. verb If you wag your finger, you shake it repeatedly and quickly from side to side, usually because you are annoyed with someone. He wagged a disapproving finger. [VERB noun] She wagged a finger under his nose in a taunting gesture. [VERB noun preposition] Synonyms: waggle, wave, shake, flourish 3. verb If you wag your head, you move it from side to side, often because you are unhappy about a situation. He wags his head unhappily. [VERB noun] 4. countable noun A wag is someone who makes jokes. [humorous, or old-fashioned] He's a bit of a wag, his dad. As one wag observed, the only people completely free from stress are the dead. Synonyms: joker, comic, wit, comedian 5. tongues wag phrase [VERB inflects] If tongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour. [informal] What set tongues wagging was the age difference between the two partners. 6. the tail is wagging the dog phrase [VERB inflects] If you say that the tail is wagging the dog, you mean that a small or unimportant part of something is becoming too important and is controlling the whole thing. [disapproval] Past TV deals have seen the tail wagging the dog. Now football clubs feel they are equal partners with TV. Translations: Chinese: 摇摆尾巴 Japanese: 振る |
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