'/SWA IMiUMNi From the name of the
main character in James Thurber’s story The Secret Life of
Walter Mitty. ffi @
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waltz /wails; NAmE
woilts/ noun, verb
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noun a dance in which two
people dance together to a regular rhythm; a piece of music for this dance A-7#
M; fyfcMM ft; MM ft: to dance a/the waltz
o a Strauss waltz
* verb 1 [often +adv./prep.]
to dance a waltz [V] I watched them waltzing across the floor.
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[VN] He waltzed her around the room. ifoft%Mffimm*ptrsnmo 2 [V +adv./prep.] (informal) to walk or go somewhere in a very confident
way Si Ajiritk A: I don’t like him waltzing into the house as if he owned
it. AifAif
AAMAo
3 [V] ~ (through sth) to complete or achieve sth without any difficulty $5 J) A A; $£ M J| # j& #: The recruits have waltzed through
their training. fir IS
BTOBl .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
) : Hejust
waltzed off with my car! #JJ> 77 A JF A 7 7c (KJ A A-!
WAN
/waen/
noun (pi. WANs) (computing if) the abbreviation
for ‘wide area network’ (a system in which computers in different places are
connected, usually over a large area) AMI#] ( A wide
area network, # ) — compareLAN
wan /wDn; NAmE warn/ adj.
looking pale and weak ^£3 AAW;
AlfiLfeW; his grey, wan face
W
ffi?L 0 She gave me a wan smile (= showing no
energy or enthusiasm). ►wanly
adv.: He smiled wanly. %0
wananchi /wAnA'intJi/ noun
[pi.] (EAfrE) people; the public ACI; &&
wand /wnnd; NAmE
wa:nd/ noun 1 (also .magic ’wand) a straight thin stick
that is held by sb when performing magic or magic tricks Mit: The fairy
waved, her wand and the table disappeared. SPfili JI77SM
A o 0 You can’t
expect me to just wave a (magic) wand and make everything all right again.
-Tit, To 2 any
object in the
shape of a straight thin
stick II ; # ; ff ; At : a mascara wand BSAfF#
wan der JH* /'wimdaft); NAmE 'warn-/ verb,
noun
m verb 1 to walk slowly
around or to a place, often without any particular sense of purpose or
direction /S is?; iTJjffi; UN®; itil; : [V
+adv./prep.] She
wandered aimlessly around the
streets.
MTEAISlii/lA; M 0 We
wandered back towards the car.
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fliliit® M ft£ a o 0 [VN] The child was found wandering the streets
alone, S f£ A if
h If It 0 2
[V] ~ (away/off) | ~ (from/off sth) to move away from the place where you ought
to be or the people you are with it^ ( IEif ) ; ^A; 033
stray: The child wandered off and got lost. Tiff; ft f o 0 They
had wandered from the path into the woods. iMTr^TF/M&'MA£W#Mo
3 M ~ (away, back, to, etc. sth) (of a person’s mind or thoughts
AlAi&HM HA) to stop being directed on sth and to move without much control
to other ideas, subjects, etc. ^ If ; If \%U ; ( SI ) TT AM 033 drift: It’s easy to be
distracted and let your
attention wander. iltlFJI Alf ft
t5: ffilllo o Try not to let your mind wander. J§ht 71| ik# I# H H
7F7II o 0 Her thoughts wandered back to her youth,
i/ffiii. IS it 0 gj ft E „
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[V, usually +adv./prep.] (of
a person’s eyes AlAfliilf) to move slowly from looking at one thing to looking
at another thing or in other directions 'If H 1& # TF: His eyes wandered
towards the photographs on the wall. #, $ @ % « «Jfe # 0 m ±
W m fro 0 She let her gaze
wander. 5 [V, usually +adv./prep.]
(of
a road or river
ifji&M'M'/f) to curve instead of following a straight course M1$; TE 0 0
IT: The road wanders along through the hills.
noun [sing.] a short walk
in or around a place, usually with no special purpose ffl ; Ml*; frl M
; WM :
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went to the park and had a
wander around. 7c IH
wan-der-er /'wnndaraft); NAmE 'wain-/ noun a person who keeps
travelling from place to place with no permanent home /HAtb if it#; #fE'?S# wanderings /'wnndarirjz; NAmE 'wain-/ noun [pi.] (literary) journeys from place
to place, usually with no special purpose Mit; i^it;
wan der lust /'wnndalAst; NAmE 'wainderl-/ noun [U] (from German) a strong desire to
travel ijtitli?; l&jfM wane /wein/ verb, noun
1
verb [V] 1 to become
gradually weaker or less important
$'H; S$Ci7 Mil 033 DECREASE, FADE: Her
enthusiasm for the whole idea
was waning rapidly.
2
(of the moon fr ft) to appear slightly smaller each
day after being round and full fr F1H3 wax flTTO! see wax
v. m noun [sing.] on the 'wane becoming smaller, less important
or less common ^ /Jn ; # ^ ; MII; W mil declining
:
Her popularity has been on the wane for some time. 0“Fo
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 ffi • • • # I!J A; if AI£ I# ; lil : [VN] She
had wangled an invitation to the opening night. 7“IK#0 I’ll try
to wangle some money out
of my parents. I^^if A
0
We should be able to wangle it so that you can start tomorrow.
^fllJ^i^f^if A^SNTfl A jpHo O
He managed to wangle his way onto the course. ilk^Aif
A#^T ® o d [VNN] He had wangled her
a seat on the plane. 0 T~
wank /waegk/ verb, noun
2
verb [V] (BrE, taboo, slang) to masturbate fr#ii
3
noun [usually sing.] (BrE, taboo, slang) an act of masturbation
wank-er /'waei]ka(r)/ noun (BrE, taboo, slang) an offensive word used to insult
sb, especially a man, and to show anger or dislike At£#, T#tS7 (
'14 ) : a bunch of wankers — wanna /'wnna; NAmE 'waina; 'waina;
'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 H, TfAffl
want to M want a0
jJt A® It 7 JE51 ) : I wanna go. TcHAo 0 Wanna
drink? (= Do you want,..) ^ IT ik 14 ? WsMii You should not write
this form,
unless you are copying
somebody’s speech. ft 14. fife
Ai#£> AMASAiiti^o
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
( #asi ) mmmm
Want
CHr /WDnt;
NAmE waint; woint/ verb, noun
4
verb (not usually used in
the progressive tenses
►
WISH # 7 1
to have a desire or a wish for sth H; H ^: [VN] Do you want some more tea?
AJL o She’s always wanted a large family.
A.—*AIT®7o
0 All I want is the
truth.
'If
0 0 Thanks for the present—it’s just what I wanted.
0 1 can do whatever I want. H ■Tft*
A sfc ET W 7it 7 0 <> The last
thing I wanted was to upset you. IS M 7 # M \fr. W ♦
lit Ji W, Ao <> The party wants
her as leader. tfC'st # M A W o
O [V to inf] What do you want to do
tomorrow? 0 A iT H # it A ? o ‘It’s time you did your
homework.’‘I don’t want to!’ “TpitifrLfpftJ a “IEM ” <> There
are two points which I wanted to make, fic H 1c Ilf ft l#Tf W A 0
01 just wanted to know if everything was all right. H H H TO it Mz # ^— ij] # 0
0
[VN
to inf] Do you want me to help? jTIlTicflTIt:? 0 We didn’t want this to happen.
'If
o 0 I want it (to be) done as quickly as possible. 7c # M A (T 7
7'A A A o nTiT3 Notice that you cannot
say Vant that ...’: -I-want -that
you-do h quickly. When the