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hovering

/huhv-er, hov-/US // ˈhʌv ər, ˈhɒv- //UK // (ˈhɒvə) //

徘徊,悬停,徘徊不前,徘徊的

Related Words

fly飞,飞翔,苍蝇linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前flicker闪烁,忽明忽暗,闪变,闪烁的drift漂流,漂移,漂泊,漂浮poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的flutter扑腾,飘扬,飘动,翩翩起舞dance舞蹈,跳舞,舞会,舞flit飞翔,飞舞,飞来飞去,飞来横祸flitter闪烁,闪闪发光,闪闪发亮,闪光brood over惦记着,萦绕于怀,萦绕于心,萦绕于心的hang about闲逛,徘徊不前,徘徊不定,徘徊

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to hang fluttering or suspended in the air: The helicopter hovered over the building.
    • : to keep lingering about; wait near at hand.
    • : to remain in an uncertain or irresolute state; waver: to hover between life and death.
    • : Computers. to place a pointer over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping, as with a mouse or stylus: Hover over the icon to reveal more information.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause to hover.
    • : Computers. to place over an area of a screen without clicking or tapping.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the act or state of hovering.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhang, float over
Synonyms
drift漂流,漂移,漂泊,漂浮flicker闪烁,忽明忽暗,闪变,闪烁的flutter扑腾,飘扬,飘动,翩翩起舞fly飞,飞翔,苍蝇linger流连忘返,徘徊,徘徊不前poise雅致,雅兴,雅量,雅俗共赏waver摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的dance舞蹈,跳舞,舞会,舞flit飞翔,飞舞,飞来飞去,飞来横祸flitter闪烁,闪闪发光,闪闪发亮,闪光be suspended被暂停,暂停,暂停使用,暂停执行brood over惦记着,萦绕于怀,萦绕于心,萦绕于心的hang about闲逛,徘徊不前,徘徊不定,徘徊wait nearby在附近等待,在附近等候,就近等待,在附近等着

Examples

  • It was taking all my concentration just to try to hold a stable hover, basically, and safely put the swimmer down.

  • Google opens those issues in a hover over window on the right of the page.

  • Special suits allow you and your team to hover over gaps and jump to superhuman heights.

  • He also repeatedly tied her to President Obama, whose approval ratings in the state hover in the 30s.

  • INTERACTIVE: Hover over markers for more from each range on their age and firearm restrictions for children.

  • Not to mention the untold number of families who hover just one medical crisis or job loss away from financial ruin.

  • His approval ratings, improbably, hover around the 40 percent mark.

  • They 'ung 'im in the lamp chains right hover the dinin' table, and then finished the dessert.

  • They were all glad to hover around the blaze, now and then; and especially so when they ate their luncheons.

  • Sometimes the Time Observatory would pinpoint an age and hover over it while his companions took painstaking historical notes.

  • As your guests will come dropping in at all hours, you must hover near the door to greet each one entering.

  • Ourrias is carried to the bottom of the river by the goblins and spirits that come out and hover over it at night.

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