wags

英 [wæɡz]

美 [wæɡz]

v.  (狗)摇，摆动(尾巴); (狗尾巴)摇，摆动; 摇(头或手指，常表示不赞成); 逃学
wag的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摇动，摇摆(尾巴)
  When a dogwagsits tail, it repeatedly waves its tail from side to side.
  1. The dog was biting, growling and wagging its tail.
     这条狗撕咬着，咆哮着，摇晃着尾巴。
• VERB (通常指由于厌恶而)左右摇晃(手指)
  If youwagyour finger, you shake it repeatedly and quickly from side to side, usually because you are annoyed with someone.
  1. He wagged a disapproving finger...
     他摇晃着手指表示不同意。
  2. She wagged a finger under his nose in a taunting gesture.
     她当着他的面嘲弄地摇晃着手指。
• VERB (常指因不高兴而)摇(头)
  If youwagyour head, you move it from side to side, often because you are unhappy about a situation.
  1. He wags his head unhappily.
     他不高兴地摇着头。
• N-COUNT 爱说笑的人；幽默的人
  Awagis someone who makes jokes.
  1. He's a bit of a wag, his dad...
     他爸爸这个人说话相当风趣。
  2. There was a moose head on the wall. Some wag had put a cigarette in its mouth.
     墙上挂着一个驼鹿头。某个爱搞笑的人在它的嘴里放了一支香烟。
• PHRASE 嚼舌头;议论纷纷
  Iftongues are wagging, people are talking a lot about someone and their behaviour.
  1. What set tongues wagging was the age difference between the two partners.
     这对伴侣年龄上的差异招来了不少闲话。
• the tail is wagging the dog→ see:tail

双语例句

• 'Well, then,'the Cat went on,'you see, a dog growls when it's angry, and wags its tail when it's pleased.
  “好，那么，”猫接着说，“你知道，狗生气时就叫，高兴时就摇尾巴，可是我，却是高兴时就叫，生气时就摇尾巴。
• Her tongue wags a bit too freely.
  她的嘴太快了点。
• The current account tail wags the economic dog – this being a mirror image of what I think has happened in the US over the past decade.
  经常账户的尾巴摇动了经济之狗&这是我能想到的美国在过去十年中发生的真实写照。
• There are other culture phenomena linked to white-collar consumption, such as conspicuous consumption etc, by which thinking wags are provided for guiding us to analyze the social consumption culture.
  以这一实质为线索，我们看到炫耀型消费、白领追随型消费与白领消费文化的相关特征，为我们全面认识当今社会的消费文化打开了思路。
• During the2006 World Cup the press gave increasing coverage to the socialising and shopping activities of the English WAGs, who were based in the German town of Baden Baden.
  2006年世界杯期间，英国球员“太太团”驻扎在德国小镇巴登-巴登，媒体对她们的社交和购物活动做了大量的报道。
• He wags his finger disapprovingly as he extols his view of the state's role in business.
  他一边赞扬着国家对商业的作用，一边不以为然地摇摇手指。
• Back in the early stages of the financial crisis, wags joked that our trade with China had turned out to be fair and balanced after all: They sold us poison toys and tainted seafood;
  回想这场金融危机的初期，一些爱开玩笑的人曾说，我们与中国的贸易最终演变成了一场公正而又公平的交易：他们向我们出售有毒的玩具和污染的海产品；
• The Education of Starting a Business: The efficient wags to solve the problem of employment of the female university graduates
  创业教育：解决女大学生就业问题的有效途径
• Points or wags his or her finger aggressively.
  带有攻击性的挥动手指或指着你。
• He wags his head unhappily.
  他不高兴地摇着头。