welter

vi. 翻滚, 滚动, 沉溺, 浸湿, 起伏 n. 翻滚, 汹涌, 混乱, 起伏, 重量级骑手

发音

UK /ˈwɛltə/
其它
US /ˈwɛltɚ/

词形变化

welters 复数 welters welters 三单 weltering 现在分词 weltered 过去式 weltered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.

  2. 2.

    A tossing or rolling about.

v.
  1. 1.

    To roll around; to wallow.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To revel, luxuriate.

    比喻 不及物

    1537, Hugh Latimer, Sermon III, Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, in The Sermons of Hugh Latimer, London: J. Scott, 1783, Volume I, p. 38, When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards.

    These wisards weltre in welths waues, pampred in pleasures deepe, They han fatte kernes, and leany knaues,

  3. 3.

    To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll.

    不及物
  4. 1.

    To wither; to wilt.

    1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization, and Other Essays, London: Bell & Dalday, “Ultimate Civilization,” Part I, IV, p. 40, But look now into the weltered hearts and blighted memories of those whom we have gathered from out of the thousands of the lost and wretched.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Heavyweight. (of horsemen)

    a welter race

词汇关系

名词

同义词 6

smother clutter muddle jumble fuddle mare's-nest

上位词 2

disorder disorderliness

下位词 1

rummage
动词

同义词 1

wallow

上位词 4

move surround smother rollover

词源

From Middle English welteren, equivalent to welt + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognates include German Low German weltern (“to wallow; roll”), Old Norse velta (Danish vælte), German wälzen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waltjan). Akin to wallow and Latin volvō.

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