undulate
波状,波状的,波动,起伏
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un·du·lat·ed, un·du·lat·ing.
- : to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
- : to have a wavy form or surface; bend with successive curves in alternate directions.
- : to rise and fall in pitch: the wail of a siren undulating in the distance.
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un·du·lat·ed, un·du·lat·ing.
- : to cause to move in waves.
- : to give a wavy form to.
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- : Also un·du·lat·ed. having a wavelike or rippled form, surface, edge, etc.; wavy.
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He’s in the Montana prairie in a place called Centennial Valley, which is undulating sagebrush flats layered with ancient sand dunes bordered on one side by the Centennial Mountains.
In this computer model, snakes that undulated flew similarly to the real-life snakes.
Certain species of tree snakes can glide through the air, undulating their bodies as they soar from tree to tree.
In the simulation, snakes that undulated flew similarly to the real-life snakes.
Gliding snakes undulate their bodies both side to side and up and down, the researchers found, and move their tails above and below the level of their heads.
"Built it this spring," he said, surveying his handiwork, which seemed to undulate as the cars swept past.
But around and on every side of the retina undulate countless other rays that leave no impression upon it.
A bold but popular authoress was severely rated lately for the passage, “made twilight undulate.”
Scarcely had the crier ceased to speak, when the crowd began to undulate like a serpent behind the line of soldiers.
A violent east wind causes the tall heather, now of the color of dead leaves, to undulate like a peaceful sheet of water.