waver

英['weɪvə(r)] 美['weɪvər]
  • v. 动摇；摇曳；犹豫；颤抖
  • n. 动摇；踌躇；挥动者；烫发器
waveringly waverer wavered wavered wavering wavers
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星级词汇:
  • wave n.波浪；波纹；波v.挥动；飘动

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. 摇摆，摇晃
    2. 消退，变得不稳固
    3. （光）忽明忽暗，闪烁，摇曳
    4. （声音等）抖动，颤抖
    5. 犹豫不决，举棋不定，踌躇，动摇
    6. （事物）变动，波动
    7. 蹒跚，踉跄
    n. (名词)
    1. 卷发器
    2. 摇晃，摇摆，颤抖，犹豫，动摇
    3. 挥动者，挥手示意者
    4. 烫发师
    5. 【无线电】波段开关，波形转换器
    6. 【印】匀墨棒
    v. (动词)
    1. vi. 摇摆；摇晃；动摇 be unsteady or uncertain

英英释义

Noun:
  1. someone who communicates by waving

  2. the act of pausing uncertainly;

    "there was a hesitation in his speech"

  3. the act of moving back and forth

Verb:
  1. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness;

    "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

  2. be unsure or weak;

    "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

  3. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

  4. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern;

    "the line on the monitor vacillated"

  5. move back and forth very rapidly;

    "the candle flickered"

  6. sway to and fro

  7. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

双语例句

1. Today on the streets of Montreal, opinion seems still to waver.
今日在蒙特利尔的街头巷尾，人们的意见仍摇摆不定。

来自柯林斯例句

2. They are waver of flags and shouters of slogans.
他们都是些摇旗呐喊的人.

来自辞典例句

3. In its inconvenient brightness Rosedale seemed to waver a moment.
在这束耀眼的光焰里,罗西德似乎摇摆了一下身体.

来自辞典例句

4. Her steady gaze did not waver.
她目不转睛地注视着.

来自辞典例句

5. This caused them to waver in their faith.
这件事使他们的信仰动摇了.

来自辞典例句

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. They did not waver in their support for him.
      他们毫不动摇地支持他。
    2. His courage never wavered.
      他的勇气从未减弱。
    3. The disaster caused him to waver in his faith.
      这件灾难使他对信仰发生了动摇。
    4. The flame wavered and then died.
      火焰摇曳一下就熄灭了。
    5. While we were wavering, somebody else bought the house.
      就在我们犹豫不决的时候，别人把那所房子买下了。
    6. One person who was there says it was the first time he'd ever heard Raines's voice waver.
      一位当时在场的人说，他第一次听到雷恩斯说话时声音颤抖。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. This caused them to waver in their faith.
      这件事使他们的信仰动摇了。
    2. He did not waver in the face of difficulties.
      他在困难面前不动摇。
    3. They are waver of flags and shouters of slogans.
      他们都是些摇旗呐喊的人。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作不及物动词 S+～(+A)
    1. She wavers a little when she walks.
      她走路时有些摇晃。
    2. But this did not make them waver or retreat.
      但这并没有使他们动摇或退缩。

用法讲解

v. (动词)
waver, falter, hesitate, vacillate
  • 这组词都可表示“不确定”“缺少信心”。其区别是：
  • hesitate最常用,指难于下决心去做某事或作出某种选择; falter指行动上明显迟疑或畏缩,暗示有恐惧、紧张、口吃等征兆; vacillate侧重在互相冲突或矛盾的行动方案之间摇摆不定; waver可指因优柔寡断而迟迟不采取行动,或指虽然作出决定,但行动上却表现出动摇或畏缩不前。

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