活的人 1M:關From the name of the main character in James Thurber’s story T/7<? S^cref /_扣 〇/ Wfl/ter /W/tty.源自

詹姆斯•瑟伯所著小说《沃尔特•米蒂的秘密生活》中生 人公的名字。

waltz /wo:ls; NAmE wo:lts/ noun, verb

■ noun a dance in which two people dance together to a regular rhythm; a piece of music for this dance 华尔兹 舞;.华尔益舞曲；il舞曲：to dance 〇/the waltz跳舍尔 S舞◊ a Strauss wate施特劳斯圆舞曲

■ ve冰 1 [often +<3^v.//?re/?.] to dance a waltz 跳华尔兹舞： [V] J watched them vvaZtzirzg across the _/7oor•我运着 j也们 跳着华尔兹滑过地板。◊ [VN] He waiteed her around t/ie room.他带着她满屋跳华尔兹舞。² ly :+adv./prep.] (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident way 大洁大摆地走：J don’t Zifce him wateing. into. the house as 1/he owned ft.我不喜欢他像房主似的大摇大摆 走进犀来。3 [V]~ (through sth) to complete or achieve sth without any difficulty轻易完成；轻而易举地取得： The recruits have waltzed through their training.

的成员轻松顺利地完成了训练。.waltz off (with sth/sb) (informal) to leave a place or person in a way that is very annoying, often taking sth that is not yours 令人讨厌地离开（常带走不属于自己的东西）：Hejust miteed my car/他顺手牵羊开走了我的汽车！

WAN /waen/ noun {pi. WANs) (computing if) the abbreviation for Vide area network⁵ (a system in which computers in different places are connected, usually over a large area)广域网（:’全写为 wide area network, _ 大范围内不同地方的电脑联网的系统）一compareLAN

wan /wrm; AMmf wa:n/ a办 looking pale and weak 苍白 无力的；无血色的；li悴的：grey, mm/ace他那苍 白憔悴的面孑L..<> She gave me a wan smi'Ze (= showing no energy or enthusiasm).她勉强向我微微一笑。►wanly adv. ： He smi7ed wan〖y•他惨然一笑。

wan-anchi /wAnA'intJi/ noun [pi.] ,(£/A/r£) people; the public人们；公众

wand /wmd; NAmE wa:nd/ noun 1 (also .magic 'wand) a straight thin stick that is held by sb when performing magic or magic tricks 魔杖:■ The fairy waved her wand and the tab^〖e disappeared.那仙女裔杖一挥，桌子不翼而 飞。◊ Vou can’t expect me to just wave a (magic) wand and mafce everything aH right again•释不能指望我挥动 一下魔杖，便一切文_鸯无事了。2 any object in the shape of a straight thin stick 棍；棒；■杆；/杖：a mascara wand睫毛膏棒

wan-der tH* /'wDnda(r); NAmE'wa:n-1 verb, noun

m verb 1 to walk slowly around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or direction.漫 游；游荡；闲逛；徘徊；流浪；漂泊：[V+flf/v./prep.]S/ie wandered aimlessly around the streets. M ^ it M ■的地到处游荡。◊ We wandered bacfc towards the car. 我们溜达着回到汽车那里。◊ [VN] TTie cMd was /ounci wandering the streets aione•那孩子被发现独自在大街 1二瞎转。2 [V]〜（away/off) | ~ (from/off sth) to move away from the place where you ought to be or the people you are with偏离（正道）；走失；离散jam stray ： 77ie, chiW wandered and got iost•辦择子袁散

■后迷路 了。◊ They had wandeired from the path into the woods.丨也们离开小路消失在树林里。3 [V] ~ (away, back, to, etc. sth) (of a person’s mind or thoughts 人的思想或 想法）to stop being directed on sth and to move without much control to other ideas, subjects, ’etc.走神；神:志 恍惚；（思想）开小差 033 DRIFT: easy to be

distracted ancHet your attention wander.很容易走神分 散了注意力。◊ nor to ietyour mfnd wande/v承金 .别 ih你的思想开小差。◊ ffer thoughts _ wandered bacfc to her youth.她每想联翩，思绪回到了青春岁月。

4 [V，_ usually (of a person’s eyes 人的眼睛）to

move slowly from looking at one thing to looking at another thing or in.other directions 慢慢地移开：His eyes wandered towards the photographs on the wall. 他的目光慢慢地移向墙上的照片。◊ She Zet her gaze wander.她东瞅瞅西望望。5 [V，usually +fl6/v.//?rep.] (of a road or river 道路或河流）to curve instead of following a straight course 蜿蛾；金'回曲折：77ie road wanders dong through the hiHs.这条路蜿蜒曲折地穿过山丘。

noun [sing.] a short walk in or around a place, usually with no special purpose游荡；溜达；闲逛；徘徊：

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I went to the park and had a wander around,

转了一圈。

wan-der-er /'wDnd9ra(r); NAmE 'wain-/ noun a person who keeps travelling from place to place with no permane卩thome漂泊者；漫游者；流浪者 wan.der.ings /•wtmdarmz; NAmE 'wain-/ noun [pi.] [literary) journeys from place to place, usually with no special purpose漫游；流浪；漂泊。 wan-der-lust /'wmdelASt; NAmE 'waindarl-/ noun [u] :(from Germa/i) a strong desire to travel 漫游癖；旅行癖 wane /wein/ verb, noun

m verb [V] 1 to become gradually weaker or less important 衰落；衰败；败落；减弱SCI DECREASE, FADE: Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. t&M 整个想法的热情迅速冷淡名下来。2 (of the moon月亮） to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and fiill 缺；亏■■ PTSJa wax see wax v.

■ noun [sing.] on the wane becoming smaller, less important or less common变小；衰落；减弱；败落 B3Q declining ： Her popularity has been on the wane /or some time.她的人气一段时间以来江河日下。

wan-gle /'waeqgl/ verb - sth (from/out of sb) [informal) to get sth that you or another person wants by persuading sb or by a clever plan 把…弄到手；设法族 得；搞：[VN] She had wangled an invitation to the opening night.她弄到了一张首映之寧的请柬。◊ fH try to vvcmgZe some money out 〇/ my parents.我要设法从交 母那里哄出些钱来。.We shouZd be.ab〖e to wangle ft so that you can start tomorrow•我们戽该能设法安排你明天 '■启程。◊ He managed to wangle his way onto the course. ‘终于设法修读了这一科.目。[VNN] He had wangled her a seat on the pZane.他为麵弄到+飞机上的座位。 wank /waei]k/ verb, noun

■ verb [V] (BrE, taboo, slang) to masturbate

n/ioww [usually sing.] an act of mastur-

bation 驚.痒.'

wank-er /'waer|k0(r)/ noun [BrE, taboo, slang) an offensive word used to insult sb, especially a man, and to show anger or dislike无能者，下流坯手,(龙用以侮辱男 性）：■ a bunch o/wanfcers —群下流还子¹ wanna /'wuna; NAmE 'waine; 'woina; 'wAna/ {informal, non-standard) the written form of the word some people use to mean *want to’ or "want a’，which is not considered to be correct要，想要个^（书写_佘彳,有人用 ,以表示want to或want a。此用法被视为末丨主确）：J wanna go.我想走。0 Wanna drink? (= Do you want _Y.) '要杯饮料 4 You should not write this form,

unless you are copying somebody’s speech.除非转述他 人话¹语，否则不宜用此语。

wan-nabe /'wDnabi; NAmE 'wain-; 'wain-; 'wAn-/ noun -(informal, disapproving) a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb famous because they want to be like them

(名人的）崇拜模仿者

want /wDnt; NAmE wa:nt; woint/ verb, noun

■ verfc (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不

用于进行时）

► WISH 希望 1 to have a desire or a wish for sth 要；想 要；希望：.[VN] Do you want some more tea?你再要点儿 ■茶吗？. ◊ She’s aZways wanted a Zarge/am办•地直舍望 生一大群孩子。◊ AH J want is the truth.我只想知道实 情。◊ Thanks for the present—it's just what I wanted. 感谢赠我这份礼物，这正是我想要的。◊Jccmdowhat- ever J want. 我想干 什么就 可以千 什么。 ◊ The iast thing 7 wanted was to upset you.我最不杳望做的事就是惹 你不高兴。◊ The party mints her as Zeader.包个政党 4 —由她i[故领袖。◊ [V to inf] What do you want to do tomorrow?明天你想做什么？ ◊ ‘JtVtime you c^d your homework.’7 don’t want to/’ “你该'做作业Tya. “我就 是不想做！ ” ◊ There are two points which J wanted to make. _ 想要指出的有两点。◊ J just wanted to know i/ everything was aH right.我只是想知道是否一切都好。◊ [VN to inf] Do you. want me to heZp?你要我帮忙吗？ We

didn’t want this to happen.我们并不嬉―备生長祥的事 情。◊ J want i't (to be) done as quickly as possible.我希 M 这件事尽快完命。i旧Notice that you cannot say "want tliat …’ ：I want that you do it-quk-kly-： When the

[2261 want

I went to the park and had a wander around,

转了一圈。

wan-der-er /'wDnd9ra(r); NAmE 'wain-/ noun a person who keeps travelling from place to place with no permane卩thome漂泊者；漫游者；流浪者 wan.der.ings /•wtmdarmz; NAmE 'wain-/ noun [pi.] [literary) journeys from place to place, usually with no special purpose漫游；流浪；漂泊。 wan-der-lust /'wmdelASt; NAmE 'waindarl-/ noun [u] :(from Germa/i) a strong desire to travel 漫游癖；旅行癖 wane /wein/ verb, noun

m verb [V] 1 to become gradually weaker or less important 衰落；衰败；败落；减弱SCI DECREASE, FADE: Her enthusiasm for the whole idea was waning rapidly. t&M 整个想法的热情迅速冷淡名下来。2 (of the moon月亮） to appear slightly smaller each day after being round and fiill 缺；亏■■ PTSJa wax see wax v.

■ noun [sing.] on the wane becoming smaller, less important or less common变小；衰落；减弱；败落 B3Q declining ： Her popularity has been on the wane /or some time.她的人气一段时间以来江河日下。

wan-gle /'waeqgl/ verb - sth (from/out of sb) [informal) to get sth that you or another person wants by persuading sb or by a clever plan 把…弄到手；设法族 得；搞：[VN] She had wangled an invitation to the opening night.她弄到了一张首映之寧的请柬。◊ fH try to vvcmgZe some money out 〇/ my parents.我要设法从交 母那里哄出些钱来。.We shouZd be.ab〖e to wangle ft so that you can start tomorrow•我们戽该能设法安排你明天 '■启程。◊ He managed to wangle his way onto the course. ‘终于设法修读了这一科.目。[VNN] He had wangled her a seat on the pZane.他为麵弄到+飞机上的座位。 wank /waei]k/ verb, noun

■ verb [V] (BrE, taboo, slang) to masturbate

n/ioww [usually sing.] an act of mastur-

bation 驚.痒.'

wank-er /'waer|k0(r)/ noun [BrE, taboo, slang) an offensive word used to insult sb, especially a man, and to show anger or dislike无能者，下流坯手,(龙用以侮辱男 性）：■ a bunch o/wanfcers —群下流还子¹ wanna /'wuna; NAmE 'waine; 'woina; 'wAna/ {informal, non-standard) the written form of the word some people use to mean *want to’ or "want a’，which is not considered to be correct要，想要个^（书写_佘彳,有人用 ,以表示want to或want a。此用法被视为末丨主确）：J wanna go.我想走。0 Wanna drink? (= Do you want _Y.) '要杯饮料 4 You should not write this form,

unless you are copying somebody’s speech.除非转述他 人话¹语，否则不宜用此语。

wan-nabe /'wDnabi; NAmE 'wain-; 'wain-; 'wAn-/ noun -(informal, disapproving) a person who behaves, dresses, etc. like sb famous because they want to be like them

(名人的）崇拜模仿者

want /wDnt; NAmE wa:nt; woint/ verb, noun

■ verfc (not usually used in the progressive tenses 通常不

用于进行时）

► WISH 希望 1 to have a desire or a wish for sth 要；想 要；希望：.[VN] Do you want some more tea?你再要点儿 ■茶吗？. ◊ She’s aZways wanted a Zarge/am办•地直舍望 生一大群孩子。◊ AH J want is the truth.我只想知道实 情。◊ Thanks for the present—it's just what I wanted. 感谢赠我这份礼物，这正是我想要的。◊Jccmdowhat- ever J want. 我想干 什么就 可以千 什么。 ◊ The iast thing 7 wanted was to upset you.我最不杳望做的事就是惹 你不高兴。◊ The party mints her as Zeader.包个政党 4 —由她i[故领袖。◊ [V to inf] What do you want to do tomorrow?明天你想做什么？ ◊ ‘JtVtime you c^d your homework.’7 don’t want to/’ “你该'做作业Tya. “我就 是不想做！ ” ◊ There are two points which J wanted to make. _ 想要指出的有两点。◊ J just wanted to know i/ everything was aH right.我只是想知道是否一切都好。◊ [VN to inf] Do you. want me to heZp?你要我帮忙吗？ We

didn’t want this to happen.我们并不嬉―备生長祥的事 情。◊ J want i't (to be) done as quickly as possible.我希 M 这件事尽快完命。i旧Notice that you cannot say