waving
柯林斯詞典
1. V-T/V-I If you wave or wave your hand, you move your hand from side to side in the air, usually in order to say hello or goodbye to someone. 揮 (手以示意)
Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her. 杰茜卡看到洛伊絲,向她揮了揮手。
He grinned, waved, and said, "Hi!"
他咧嘴笑笑,揮揮手,說道:“嗨!”
2. N-COUNT Wave is also a noun. 揮 (手)
Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand. 史蒂夫把手一揮,制止了他。
3. V-T If you wave someone away or wave them on, you make a movement with your hand to indicate that they should move in a particular direction. 揮手 (示意某人離開、前進(jìn)等)
Leshka waved him away with a show of irritation. 廖什卡生氣地?fù)]手示意他離開。
He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on. 他等著一位警察來讓車輛停下,揮手讓眾人前行。
4. V-T If you wave something, you hold it up and move it rapidly from side to side. 揮舞
Hospital staff were outside to welcome him, waving flags and applauding. 醫(yī)院工作人員在院外迎接他,一邊揮舞旗幟一邊鼓掌。
5. V-I If something waves, it moves gently from side to side or up and down. 飄揚(yáng); 擺動(dòng)
...grass and flowers waving in the wind. …隨風(fēng)擺動(dòng)的花草。
6. N-COUNT A wave is a raised mass of water on the surface of water, especially the sea, which is caused by the wind or by tides making the surface of the water rise and fall. 波浪; (尤指) 海浪
...the sound of the waves breaking on the shore. …波浪拍打海岸的聲響。
7. N-COUNT If someone's hair has waves, it curves slightly instead of being straight. (頭發(fā)的) 波浪卷; 鬈曲
Her blue eyes shone and caught the light, and so did the platinum waves in her hair. 她藍(lán)色的眼睛閃閃發(fā)光,白金色的波浪發(fā)卷也閃閃發(fā)光。
8. N-COUNT A wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion. (地震、爆炸的) 沖擊波
The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran. 在德黑蘭感覺到了地震的震波。
9. N-COUNT Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel. (光、聲、無線電等的) 波
Regular repeating actions such as sound waves, light waves, or radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second. 有規(guī)律的重復(fù)活動(dòng)如聲波、光波、無線電波都有一個(gè)特定的頻率,或者說是每秒的波動(dòng)次數(shù)。
10. N-COUNT If you refer to a wave of a particular feeling, you mean that it increases quickly and becomes very intense, and then often decreases again. (情緒的) 波動(dòng)
She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly. 她感到一陣驚慌,但是強(qiáng)迫自己鎮(zhèn)靜地離開了房間。
11. N-COUNT A wave is a sudden increase in a particular activity or type of behaviour, especially an undesirable or unpleasant one. (活動(dòng)或行為的) 突然爆發(fā); 浪潮
...the current wave of violence. …當(dāng)前的暴力浪潮。
12. →see also new wave , tidal wave
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