waver是什么意思？

waver

英[ˈweɪvə(r)] 美[ˈwevɚ]

• vi. 摇摆，踌躇，动摇；
• n. 动摇，犹豫，挥动者；

第三人称单数：wavers;

过去式：wavered;

过去分词：wavered;

现在分词：wavering;

名词：waverer;

例句

• Her steady gaze did not waver. 她目不转睛地注视着.
• 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.
• 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。
• As a result, their distribution features waver between common noun and localizer. 它的分布特征游移于一般名词与方位词之间,兼具二者的一些特性,这是虚化的结果.
• They waver while the latter stand firm, they equivocate while the latter are forthright. 前者动摇,后者坚定, 前者暧昧,后者明朗.

同义词解析

• 以下这两个动词均包含 "犹豫，踌躇" 的意思
  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。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  动摇;犹豫
  If you waver, you cannot decide about something or you consider changing your mind about something.
  例句
  Some military commanders wavered over whether to support the coup... 军队的一些指挥官在犹豫是否支持政变。 Coleman has never wavered in his claim that he is innocent... 科尔曼坚称他是无辜的。
• VERB
  摇晃;摇曳
  If something wavers, it shakes with very slight movements or changes.
  例句
  The shadows of the dancers wavered continually... 舞者的身影在轻轻晃动着。 This time his voice wavered badly... 这次他声音颤得厉害。

英汉词典释义

• vi.
  摇摆; 摇晃; 动摇
  She wavers a little when she walks. 她走路时有些摇晃。

英英词典释义

• 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