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waver

/wey-ver/US // ˈweɪ vər //UK // (ˈweɪvə) //

摇摆不定,摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
    • : to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
    • : become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered.
    • : to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered.
    • : to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination.
    • : to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered.
    • : to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbshift back and forth; be indecisive
Forms: wavered, wavering
Synonyms
dither抖动,颤抖,颤动,颤振falter趑趄不前,摇摆不定,衰退,摇摇欲坠fluctuate变幻莫测,摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,波动hedge篱笆,防范,对冲,防范措施hesitate犹豫不决,犹豫,迟疑不决,踌躇不决oscillate摇摆不定,摆动,摇摆不定的,摆动的pause暂停,停顿,暂停一下,顿了顿quiver颤抖,颤动,颤抖吧,抖动seesaw跷跷板,跷板,锯齿shake晃动,摇晃,抖动,震动sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃teeter跷跷板,跷二郎腿,跷课,跷二郎腿的tremble颤抖,震颤,抖动,颤动vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移vary变化,不同,不同的,变化的waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙wobble摇摆不定,晃动,摇摆,摇摆不定的change变化,改变,更改,变革deliberate斟酌,故意,蓄意的,蓄意dilly-dally磨磨蹭蹭,磨磨蹭蹭的,磨磨蹭蹭地,磨磨蹭蹭地走flicker闪烁,忽明忽暗,闪变,闪烁的halt停住,停顿,停止,驻足palter悸动,掌声,巴特,悸动者reel卷轴,卷筒,卷盘,卷带stagger错开,错落有致,踉跄而行,错开的totter蹒跚学步,蹒跚而行,图腾,蹒跚trim修剪,修饰,修整,修剪的undulate波状,波状的,波动,起伏wave挥手,挥,挥动,挥舞weave编织,编造,编织物,编制yo-yo溜溜球,悠悠球,溜达,溜冰be irresolute犹豫不决,彷徨不决,游移不定be unable to decide无法决定,拿不定主意,难以决定,拿不准blow hot and cold忽冷忽热,吹毛求疵,忽冷忽热地吹,忽冷忽热地吹嘘hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说pussyfoot around缩手缩脚,缩手缩脚的,缩手缩脚地,龟缩不前run hot and cold忽冷忽热,忽冷忽热地运行,忽冷忽热地运行着,冷热不均whiffle鞭打,鞭炮,鞭子,鞭炮声

Examples

  • This waver goes up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit with instant heat recovery to apply an even temperature to your tresses.

  • But no sooner was the 40-year-old activist out of U.S. hands than he began to waver.

  • The leading tendency here is not toward openness: People waver between frank fascism and latent xenophobia.

  • He would waver…all of that is to me a measure of the fact that he was troubled and it is pretty clear what he was troubled by.

  • But that had no appreciable effect on military performance until the top leadership itself began to waver and retreat.

  • He steeled himself, for he had had his experience of woman's wiles; and his faith in masculine supremacy as a habit did not waver.

  • He was rather gratified than otherwise to hear that Mr. Puffin had begun to waver in his ideas about celibacy.

  • Lindsay seemed to waver; her glance went near enough to him to show her that his face had a red tinge of embarrassment.

  • She drew back from me a little as I came; but her eyes did not waver from mine, and these lured me forward.

  • But now, to my surprise and horror, when I looked into the eye of my monitor, my own eye would not waver nor admit subjection!