wag

• vt. 搖擺；搖動；饒舌
• vi. 擺動；喋喋不休；蹣跚而行
• n. 搖擺；愛說笑打趣的人

來自PIE*wegh,走，移動，詞源同way,wagon。引申義搖擺。

wag

wag: [13] Wag was derived from the Middle English descendant of Old English wagian ‘totter’, a word related to English wave of the sea. Waggle [15] was based on it. The noun wag ‘comical fellow’, first recorded in the 16th century, is generally taken to be short for waghalter, literally ‘someone who swings to and fro in a noose’, hence ‘someone destined for the gallows’.
=> waggle

wag (v.)

early 13c. (intransitive), "waver, vacillate, lack steadfastness," probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse vagga "a cradle," Danish vugge "rock a cradle," Old Swedish wagga "fluctuate, rock" a cradle), and in part from Old English wagian "move backwards and forwards;" all from Proto-Germanic *wag- (cognates: Old High German weggen, Gothic wagjan "to wag"), probably from PIE root *wegh- "to move about" (see weigh).

Transitive meaning "move (something) back and forth or up and down" is from c. 1300; of dogs and their tails from mid-15c.: "and whanne they [hounds] see the hure maystre they wol make him cheere and wagge hur tayles upon him." [Edward, Duke of York, "The Master of Game," 1456]. Related: Wagged; wagging. Wag-at-the-wall (1825) was an old name for a hanging clock with pendulum and weights exposed.

wag (n.1)

"person fond of making jokes," 1550s, perhaps a shortening of waghalter "gallows bird," person destined to swing in a noose or halter, applied humorously to mischievous children, from wag (v.) + halter. Or possibly directly from wag (v.); compare wagger "one who stirs up or agitates" (late 14c.).

wag (n.2)

"act of wagging," 1580s, from wag (v.).

1. He's a bit of a wag, his dad.

他爸爸這個人說話相當風趣。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Dogs wag their tails when they are pleased.

狗一高興就搖尾巴.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

3. The tail is too big to wag.

尾大不掉.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

4. I'll not wag an ace further.

我一步也不再動啦.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

5. WAG is a widely used method, its devise principle, scheme and shortage are introduced.

針對廣泛使用的水氣交替注入(WAG)法, 介紹了設計原則 、 注入方案及存在的不足.

來自互聯網