英:[ˈweɪvə(r)]
美:[ˈwevɚ]
英:[ˈweɪvə(r)]
美:[ˈwevɚ]
第三人称单数:wavers
现在分词:wavering
过去式:wavered
过去分词:wavered
词根:wave
adj.wavy 多浪的;波动起伏的
waving 波浪状的
wavering 摇摆的;摇幌的
n.wave 波动;波浪;高潮;挥手示意;卷曲
waving 电流舞;波浪舞
v.waving 波动;飘扬(wave的ing形式)
wavering 犹豫不决(waver的ing形式);摇动
vi.wave 波动;起伏;挥手示意;摇动;呈波形
vt.wave 卷(烫)发;向…挥手示意;使成波浪形
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
这组词都有“犹豫,踌躇”的意思,其区别是:
hesitate普通用词,一般指在决定干什么,选择什么或说什么等行动之前犹豫不决。
waver指因优柔寡断而迟迟不见行动,或虽作出决定,伸行动上却犹豫不决,因此含畏缩不前之意。
以上来源于网络
13世纪晚期, weyveren,“表现犹豫不决”,可能与古英语 wæfre “不安,摇摆”有关,源自原始日耳曼语 *wæbraz(也是中古德语 wabern “摇摆”,古诺尔斯语 vafra “徘徊”等的来源),这是 wave(v.)的词根,带有表示重复或减小动作的日耳曼语动词后缀(参见 -er(4))。相关: Wavered; wavering。
Verb Middle English; akin to Old English wǣfre restless, wafian to wave with the hands — more at wave
The first known use of waver was in the 14th century
waxenadjective
of or like wax
wax1 of 3noun
a yellowish moldable substance produced by bees and used by them for making the honeycomb called alsobeeswax
any of various substances like the wax of bees
wax2 of 3verb
to treat or rub with wax
wax3 of 3verb
to grow larger, stronger, fuller, or more numerous
become sense 1
waxed angry as I heard the story
wax1 of 3noun
a yellowish moldable substance produced by bees and used by them for making the honeycomb called alsobeeswax
any of various substances like the wax of bees
wax2 of 3verb
to treat or rub with wax
wax3 of 3verb
to grow larger, stronger, fuller, or more numerous
become sense 1
waxed angry as I heard the story
wavyadjective
having or moving in waves
wavy hair
wave1 of 3verb
to float or shake in an air current : flutter
flags waving in the breeze
to signal or salute with the hand or with something held in it
brandish
waved a pistol and made threats
to move before the wind with a wavelike motion
a field of waving grain
to follow or cause to follow a curving line or take a wavy form
waved her hair
wave2 of 3noun
a moving ridge on the surface of water
a wavelike formation or shape
a wave in the hair
the action or process of making wavy or curly
a waving motion
a wave of the hand
a steady flowing movement
a wave of color swept the speaker's face
a sudden or rapid increase
a wave of buying
a disturbance similar to a wave in water that transfers energy progressively from point to point
a light wave
a period of hot or cold weather
Wave3 of 3noun
a woman serving in the navy before 1978
wavyadjective
having or moving in waves
wavy hair
waververb
to go back and forth between choices
to weave or sway to and fro
to move unsteadily
waververb
to go back and forth between choices
to weave or sway to and fro
to move unsteadily
waververb
to go back and forth between choices
to weave or sway to and fro
to move unsteadily
1 His pistol wavered between the two white men like a dowser’s stick.
2 Her mien wavered from severe, when she watched the men loading the wagons, to smiling when she spoke with a girl standing nearby.
3 The merchant’s glittering black eyes did not waver, nor the tallow cheeks redden.
4 “Who is it!” he demanded, leaning out from the bed so that the light fell waveringly on his face.
5 The huge face wavered down to mine as he tried to push me free.
6 The sun came suddenly from behind a rain cloud, flooding the room with glorious light that wavered on the walls like water.
7 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。
8 The fading vortex drifted away down stream and then I saw the arrow again, nose into the current, wavering delicately to the motion of the water above which the Mayflies slanted and poised.
9 Three minutes forces both of us not to delay, waver.
10 The palm trees wavered in the strong breeze.
棕榈树在强风中摇摆.
11 After wavering for a moment, Monica’s mom closed the door and disappeared.
12 For, on the old beamed ceiling of the parlor, streaks of light swam and danced and wavered like a bright mirage, reflected through the windows from the sunlit surface of the pond.
13 Percy got the feeling she could watch demigods die or cities burn, and that smile wouldn’t waver.
14 For a moment it wavered, looking to the West; but out of the West came a cold wind, and it bent away, and with a sigh dissolved into nothing.
15 The shutters of their house waved and slammed, shaking the house, and the light from their lantern wavered.
16 After some wavering, he finally decided that he himself would accompany me to the station.
他踌躇了一会, 终于决定还是自己送我去.
17 He saw a line of white smoke erupt, the gray troops waver and move back this way, stop, rifles begin to fall, men begin to run to the right, trying to get away.
18 The "death car" as the newspapers called it, didn't stop; it came out of the gathering darkness, wavered tragically for a moment and then disappeared around the next bend.
19 Before her mind’s eyes wavered, in a light like the light from a fire, the face of John, whom she had brought so unwillingly into the world.
20 He trembled and his voice wavered like I’d never heard it, but he still found a small grin before he spoke.
1 摇曳
nervous flicker bicker play dance flare tremble whiffle flickering lambent flickeringly shimmer lambency sway glimmer wavering willowy wobble wave
3 飘动
flyaway fluttery flappy streamy flap flutter waff wafture flaunt fly stream wave float flirt flicker tremble ruffle wallop
4 拿不定主意
5 闪烁
flashing glittering blinking glittery lurid scintillating twinkling glancing flaring lambent scintillant aventurine flash blink flicker wink shimmer twinkle bicker glint scintillation lambency sparkle glitter gleam coruscate scintillate glance glimpse glister sparkling play
6 忽明忽暗
7 犹豫不决的
dubious shrinking indecisive suspenseful willy-nilly irresolute on-again-off-again transigent
8 动摇的
unstable shaky wavy wobbly wayward unsettled unsteady shaken unfixed unquiet irresolute instable to-and-fro tottery lubricous transigent
9 减弱
let-up break shake compromise damp weaken subside dampen lull relent die away go to seed blow itself out let up take away from put a damper on attenuated down sink diminish dim lessen blunt mute sag wane abate attenuate deaden damp down drop away burn down on the wane take the edge off
11 波动
undular undulative wavy undulant fluctuant undulatory shugy wave rebound pulse surge fluctuation flux ripple flutter waft tumult pulsation undulation vacillation popple wobble ruffle yo-yo pulsate vacillate undulate fluctuate destabilize
12 摇晃
rocky staggering shaky Wobbly rickety tippy wavering jiggly rackety waggly staggery wibbly-wobbly roll shake rolling quake stagger wobble swag jolt teeter jiggle rockiness wintle play swing toss weave reel jelly tremble falter heave totter welter wave wangle dingledangle crank cranky wonky shaking ramshackle faltering wobbling tottering totty wambly quaky reelingly wamblingly falteringly bumpily rockily totteringly sway lurch crankiness tipsiness dacker dance swim flicker pitch bicker wobbly unsteady rattletrap shimmy agitate from side to side
13 摇摆
swing walking wavy wavering wavery unballasted swinging rock wave sway fluctuation dangle wobble wag ambivalence nutation shog yo-yo oscillate vacillate toss teeter seesaw unsteady falter tittuppy rocky wobbly vacillating tittup roll reel totter vacillation wabble wamble hang nod welter wiggle topple
14 动摇
unstable wavy wayward aflutter labefaction dispeace shake sway fluctuation stagger oscillation trepidation seesaw lubricity vacillation swing float reel unsettle oscillate jar shatter psych unset unfix throw into convulsions weaken fluctuate teeter vacillate teeter-totter tittuppy rocky tumultuous disturbed unsteady oscillatory asway waveringly rock roll wobble ruffle shakiness disquietude inquietude move dither totter destabilize wavering inchoate ramshackle palsied lambent vibration turn vibrate falter yo-yo insecure shaky tremulous sap wobbly subvert unsettled shaken unfixed unquiet irresolute instable to-and-fro tottery lubricous transigent movement motion perturbation welter wabble chop budge unhinge whiffle
15 颤动
pulsant vibrant thrilling wobbly wow thrill vibration quiver vibrancy palpitation throb pulsation vibrance buck vibrate flutter judder quaver jump flicker
16 波段开关
17 蹒跚
staggering rickety doddery doddered staggery reel stagger falter lurch waddle totter shamble hirple titubation teeter hobble stot
20 犹豫
hesitative hesitant wavery unconfident vibration dwell fluctuation hesitation oscillation hesitancy demur hesitance swither boggle scruple pendulate balance stick float pause hesitate crane stagger oscillate dither vacillate stickle slow uncertain halting uncertainly uncertainty vacillation weaken haver hang back lingering veering hesitating hesitatingly shilly-shally hang balk staggering juberous scrupulosity vibrate tarry
21 颤抖
shaky twittery palpitant twitter shake horror tremble wobble shiver tremor falter quiver dither frisson heebie-jeebies aquiver atremble ashiver thrill quake throb jitter quaver creepy palsied vibrate unsteady tremulous shivery
22 摇动者
23 犹豫不决
indecisive halting willy-nilly wishy-washy wavering pendulous weak-willed afloat jelly indecision shilly-shally whiffle mammer yea and nay hang a leg back and fill vague irresolute boggle dither waffle teeter haver hum and haw hesitative hesitantly uncertainly haltingly indecisively irresolutely waveringly tentativeness indetermination fence-sitting mugwumpery jib vacillate be in two minds about in two minds of two minds uncertain tentative undecided vacillating tentatively shilly-shallying shillyshallying yo-yo toing and froing to and fro dubitative dubious unsteadfast dubiety wobble dicker baulk hang fire be in two minds lose nerve hem and haw be in two minds about about doing be in two minds about doing weaken pussyfoot be in a quandary be in doubt blow hot and cold hang back shrinking suspenseful on-again-off-again transigent poise indeterminacy vacillation hang float
24 踌躇
hesitant tentative hesitation hesitancy hesitate hover dither shilly-shally pause stagger falter vacillation tentativeness dacker stick hang halt teeter give pause to pause and ponder think twice give pause backward irresolute stand suspense indecision demur hold balance wobble boggle seesaw scruple vacillate wabble yea and nay hold back from doing hold back
25 卷发器
26 摆动
libratory swing walking swingy about shake hunting flap oscillation waggle libration pendulate move rock hunt sway vibrate flicker oscillate shimmy librate wigwag wiggle wag vibrational wiggly swaying oscillatory tottering wavery pendular vibratility vibration flirt wobble vacillation vacillate nod lash swirl undulate bob flick tremble WAVE
27 沈不住气
28 发抖
shaky tremulous shivery shuddering trembly atremble shudderingly tremblingly shiveringly flesh-creep tremor dither trembling shake quake tremble shiver shudder quiver judder quaver palpitate
29 犹豫不决的人