alleged that a press campaign was being waged against Wm.他声称有人正在对他发起新闻攻势。
waged /weid3d/ adj. 1 (of a person A) having regular paid work领工资的；有定期付酬工作的：waged
worfcers 有固定工作者 2 (of work.工作)for which you are paid女取工资的；带薪的：waged emp〖oyment看酬 雇用.3 the waged ziot/n tpl.]
people who have
regular paid work工薪阶眉；（纟i称）.拿工资的人CHS
UNWAGED
’wage earner not//? a person
who earns money，especially a person
who works for wages 挣钱 的人； 挣工资
的人：V^e. have two wage earners in the我们家
有两个人挣钱。
'wage packet noun (Br£) = pay
packet wager /'weid38(r)/ noun,
verb
■
noun (old-fashioned or format) an
arrangement to risk money on the result of a particular event 打赌 0QCJ BET
■
verft (o/d-/fls/?/one£/ or/prma/) 1 ~ (sth) (on
sth) f.〜sth/sb that ... to bet money 打賭；押（赌注）SCI bet: [V] She
czhvays watered on an outsider.她总是把赌注押在不
太可能获胜的马上。◊
[VN] to wager £50 on a
horse在一
匹马上扣 50 英镑的赌注◊ fvN that] J had wagered a .great deal of money that I would beat
him. J ^ 0
赌，嬙这次比赛我会臝他。2 [V (that)]
used to say that you are so confident that
sth is true or will happen that you would be willing to bet money on it 打赌;、.打包票
PCTTI bet： I'll wager that she knows more about it than she’s saying.我敢打赌，她知道的比她说的要多。
wag-gish /'waegij/ adj.
{old-fashioned) funny, clever and not serious诙谐釦；打迠的：waggish remarks俏皮话
wag-gle /'waegl/ verb
{informal) to make sth move with short movements from side to side or up and down;
to move in this way使上下移动；使来回^动：[VN] Can you waggie your ears?你能让耳朵来回动吗？ [also V]
►
wag-gle noun
Wag-ner-ian
/vaig'marian; NAmE -'nir-/ adj. 1 related
to the music of the German composer Richard Wagner; typical of this music瓦格纳乐曲的，瓦格纳作品风格的
(指德国作曲家理査德•瓦格纳）2 (/7wworat/5) very big or great, or in a
style that is too serious or exaggerated 巨大的；极大的；金于严肃（或夸张'的：a
hangover 〇/
Wagnerian proportions强烈的宿醉反歲
wagon /'waegan/,/?otvr7 1 (Br£) {NAmE 'freight car) a railway/^railroad truck for carrying goods .(、.铁路食:车
车厢，车皮 2 (6rf
also Wag.gon〉a vehicle
with four wheels, pulled by horses or oxen and used for carrying heavy loads四轮载重马军:/(或步:车丨1 3 (AMm石 =TROLLEY(i2)
— see also BANDWAGON, station wagon IT»l?!il be/go on the 'wagon (informal) to not drink alcohol，.either for a short time or pefmanently (■短期
或举久地）不喝酒，戒酒，滴酒不沾
wag-on*(oad
^'waeganlaod; NAmE -loud/ noun an amount
of goods carried on a wagon ■货:车幸厢载荷；马
车载荷
'wagon train not//? a
long line of wagons and horses,
used by people travelling west in N America in the 19th century ( I9也纪美鹵入向西部迁移的）马拉篷
wag-tail /'waegteil/ noun a small bird with a long tail
that moves up and down when the bird is walking 鹤令鸟 :(.擧动时长尾上下摆动U :
wah-wah
/'wa:
wa:/ noun [u] {music a special effect made
on electric musical instruments, especially the guitar，which varies the
quality of the souncM 光指吉
他>等电子乐器发出的 >“哇哇”音响效果
waif /weif/ noun a small thin person,
usually a child, who looks as if .they do not have enough to eat 瘦小的 ，人；（通常指〉面蠢肌瘦的小孩：waf/s and strays 0/our society (=?.
people with no'home)我^门社会的弃儿
►
‘waif-like young
girls 面夤 M 瘦的 i 政子
wail /weil/ verb, noun
■
verb 1 [V] to make a long loud high cry
because you are sad or in pain ( S悲伤或疼痛）哭号，恸哭：The little
was waiting miserab^.齡小女孩难过得号啕大哭6 ◊ women waiting and
weeping 痛哭流涕的妇女 2 to cry or
complain about sth in a loud high voice 大声呼叫V.哀
号；高声抱怨 HEImoan: [V speech] "It's broken,'
she wai’Zed.
“打碎了。” 她大声叫道。〇[V].TTiere’s no point wailing about
something that happened so long ago. 情早已发生，痛哭流涕也于事无补。3 [V] (of things物)to make a long high sound发出长而高的声音；呼啸：
Ambulances
raced by with sirens wailing.
笛疾驰而过，►waiting nown [sing., U]:
a high-pitched waiHng高声哭号
■ noun a long loud high
cry expressing pain or sadness; a sound similar to this (疼痛g悲伤时发出的）号啕，哀号
CCTil
moan： a wa辽 0/despair 绝望的哀号t/ie distant wai〖0/sirens远处警报器的鸣响
wains-cot
/'wemskat/
noun (old
use) = skirting board Waist tHw /weist/ noun
1 the area around the middle of the body
between the ribs and the hips,
often narrower than the areas above and below 腰；腰部：He put his arm around
her waist 他搂住 7■她舍腰。‘ She was pamfysed介om the waist
down (= in the .area below
her waist). M从腰部以下都
瘫痪了。◊ TTie worfcmen
were stripped to the waist (=wearing no clothes on the top half of their
bodies). 工人光着上身。..一picture ◊ body 2 the part of a piece of clothing that covers the waist
(衣服的）腰部，腰：
a
sfcirt with cm eZasticated waist 腰部有&紧带也裙子
3
-waisted
(in
adjectives 构成形容词）having the type of
waist mentioned有••腰身的；腰身…的：a high-waisted dress 高腰有雇
waist-band
/'weistbaend/
not//? the strip of cloth that forms the waist of a piece of clothing,
especially at the top of..a skirt or trousers/pants 衣服腰；遠头；（尤指4 裙腰，裤腰：an eZastfcated
waistband松紧腰身
waist-coat
/'weiskaut;
NAmE usually 'weskat/ (Sr£) [NAmE vest) noun a short piece of
clothing with buttons down the front but no sleeves, usually worn over a shirt
and under a jacket，often forming part of
a man’s suit (西服的）背心一picture c> page
R2〇 ,waist-_dee|rfl办，odv. up to the waist 齐腰深的；上至
腰部.的：TTie water w〇5_waist-deep.水#腰深。OWe waded waist-deep
into the muddy water•‘们踏击齐腰深
的泥水里。
,waist-’high 〇〇[/••，fldv. high enough to reach the waist 齐 腰高的；焉至腰爺的：waist-high grass齐腰高的草々TTie grass had grown waist-high.草长得齐腰高了。
waist-line
/'weistlain/ noun 1 the amount that a person measures around the waist，used to talk
about how fat or thin they are 腰围：an
expanding waistHne 逐渐增矢
的腰围 2 the place on. a piece of clothing where your
waist is (爷服的）腰部，腰SE3 waist wait
tH* /wert/ verb, noun
鼸 verb 1 〜(for sb/sth) to stay where
you are or delay doing sth until sb/stli comes or sth happens 等；等待； 等候：■ [V] She rang the beH
and wafted 她按铃后%^戾
着。◊ Have you been
waiting iong?你等了很^ 7 吗？ ◊ J’ve been wearing (for) twenty mfnutes•我等 了二十分钟。
◊ Waft/or me/ 等等我！ ◊ We’re waiting/or tfte
rai/i to stop be/ore we go out•我们要等到雨停了再出去。◊ wait outside
imti7 the meeting’s over.我要在外面等到会 议结束。◊ [V to inf] Hurry up/ We’re
wafring to go.快点
等輪走呢。[VNl YioulZ just have
to waft your turn (= wait until your turn comes).你得等着轮到你才
ff 〇 2 〜（for sth) to hope or.watcli for
sth to happen, especially for a long time (尤指长期地）希望，盼鱼，期
I# ： [V]
等到明天再说.。UMl an^accident/a
disaster waiting to 1 happen a thing or person that
is very likely to