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wobble

/wob-uhl/US // ˈwɒb əl //UK // (ˈwɒbəl) //

摇摆不定,晃动,摇摆,摇摆不定的

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
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    wob·bled, wob·bling.

    • : to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
    • : to move unsteadily from side to side: The table wobbled on its uneven legs.
    • : to show unsteadiness; tremble; quaver: His voice wobbled.
    • : to vacillate; waver.
v.有主动词 verb
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    wob·bled, wob·bling.

    • : to cause to wobble.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a wobbling movement.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Planets detected by the wobble technique were “little more than phantoms,” Cowen wrote in Science News in 2007.

  • The moon causes the tides to change each day, but it also has a slight wobble in its orbit.

  • This set is also packed with thoughtful design details like thick cushions with removable covers, for easy cleaning, as well as bottom stabilizers to prevent wobble.

  • The telescope flexes slightly as it rotates with respect to the sun, introducing a wobble into its measurements that mimics parallax.

  • Since warmer oceans dissolve less carbon dioxide, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose and fell in concert with these orbital wobbles, amplifying their effects.

  • As the president neared the end of his remarks, a young woman beside him began to wobble, on the verge of fainting.

  • It turns out that as a slurring, stumbling Weeble Wobble of a trophy wife, Akerman really shines.

  • I feel my limbs wobble—his reputation is nearly as fearsome as his bushy mustache.

  • Few would hesitate to throw their speaker aside if his knees appear to wobble.

  • In the first half of the interview, this confidence seemed to wobble.

  • Then Tommy Kerr's brain, which for more than seven hours had been as steady as a sleeping top, gave a little wobble.

  • He was standing up, again looking about for a longer stick, when once more his brain gave a wobble.

  • At least, he had kicked one of the boxes out of place and the whole structure began to wobble.

  • Suddenly I felt the fill going soft under the drivers—felt the 44 wobble and slew.

  • It was the first quiver of his tremendous insecurity, the first wobble of that gigantic credit top he had kept spinning so long.