| 单词 | wag |
| 释义 | wag I. intransitive verb 1. < see … how the world wags — Shakespeare > 2. 3. < his tongue wags incessantly > < beards wagged throughout the scientific world — Webb Garrison > < heads wagged for a time — Louis Bromfield > < his lips were still wagging — Time > 4. a. archaic < wag to town > b. archaic c. slang < the school we both attended — when not wagging it — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin > 5. a. < a dog wagging down the street > b. of an animal < a pack of dogs — they fawned, they wagged, they growled — Helen Howe > transitive verb 1. a. archaic b. dialect < wag groceries home in a cart > < a small child … compelled to wag her baby brother around with her — Theodore Garrison > 2. a. < ducks … nonchalantly wagging their tails — Edmund Wilson > < formation leaders have telegraphed their dive attacks by wagging their wings before coming in — Keith Ayling > < naval vessels … would be wagging and hoisting flags and blinking lights at one another — Gavin Douglas > specifically < don't wag your finger at me > b. < a scandalous event that set the villagers to wagging their tongues > < a theory for philosophers to wag their heads over — Henry Bordeaux > 3. < the tail wags the dog > < instances … in which the choirs are wagging the church — Maurice Thompson > II. < a wag of the head > III. 1. obsolete a. b. 2. < we wink at wags when they offend — John Dryden > < many of the most celebrated wags of history — E.J.Kahn > IV. |
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