Wave
[weɪv] or [wev]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon; 'a wave of settlers'; 'troops advancing in waves'.
(noun.) a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair.
(noun.) the act of signaling by a movement of the hand.
(noun.) (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth.
(noun.) one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water).
(noun.) something that rises rapidly; 'a wave of emotion swept over him'; 'there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed'; 'a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right'.
(noun.) a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch.
(noun.) a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures); 'a heat wave'.
(noun.) an undulating curve.
(verb.) set waves in; 'she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair'.
沙琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) See Waive.
(v. i.) To play loosely; to move like a wave, one way and the other; to float; to flutter; to undulate.
(v. i.) To be moved to and fro as a signal.
(v. i.) To fluctuate; to waver; to be in an unsettled state; to vacillate.
(v. t.) To move one way and the other; to brandish.
(v. t.) To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form a surface to.
(v. t.) To move like a wave, or by floating; to waft.
(v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate.
(v. i.) An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the oscillatory motion of the particles composing it when disturbed by any force their position of rest; an undulation.
(v. i.) A vibration propagated from particle to particle through a body or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound; an assemblage of vibrating molecules in all phases of a vibration, with no phase repeated; a wave of vibration; an undulation. See Undulation.
(v. i.) Water; a body of water.
(v. i.) Unevenness; inequality of surface.
(v. i.) A waving or undulating motion; a signal made with the hand, a flag, etc.
(v. i.) The undulating line or streak of luster on cloth watered, or calendered, or on damask steel.
(v. i.) Fig.: A swelling or excitement of thought, feeling, or energy; a tide; as, waves of enthusiasm.
(n.) Woe.
伊莉斯校對
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Undulation, billow, breaker, surge, swell, ripple.
v. n. Undulate, float, fluctuate, flicker, vibrate, oscillate, play loosely, play to and fro.
v. a. Brandish, flourish.
塞西莉整理
解釋/意思:
n. a ridge on the surface of water swaying or moving backwards and forwards: (poet.) the sea: a state of vibration propagated through a system of particles: inequality of surface: a line or streak like a wave: an undulation: a rush of anything: a gesture.—v.i. to move like a wave: to play loosely: to be moved as a signal: to fluctuate.—v.t. to move backwards and forwards: to brandish: to waft or beckon: to raise into inequalities of surface.—p.adj. Waved showing a wavelike form or outline: undulating: (her.) indented: (nat. hist.) having on the margin a succession of curved segments or incisions.—n. Wave′-length the distance between the crests of adjacent waves.—adj. Wave′less free from waves: undisturbed.—n. Wave′let a little wave.—adj. Wave′like.—ns. Wave′-line the outline path of a wave: the surface of the waves: the line made by a wave on the shore; Wave′-loaf a loaf for a wave-offering; Wave′-mō′tion undulatory movement; Wave′-mould′ing (archit.) undulating moulding; Wave′-off′ering an ancient Jewish custom of moving the hands in succession towards the four points of the compass in presenting certain offerings—opposed to the Heave-offering in which the hands were only lifted up and lowered.—v.t. Wā′ver to move to and fro: to shake: to falter: to be unsteady or undetermined: to be in danger of falling.—ns. Wā′verer; Wā′vering.—adv. Wā′veringly in a wavering or irresolute manner.—n. Wā′veringness.—adjs. Wā′verous Wā′very unsteady.—n. Wave′son goods floating on the sea after a shipwreck.—adj. Wave′-worn worn or washed away by the waves.—ns. Wā′viness the state or quality of being wavy; Wā′ving.—adj. Wā′vy full of or rising in waves: playing to and fro: undulating.—Hot wave Warm wave a movement of heat or warmth onwards generally eastward.
约翰娜編輯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of waves, is a sign that you hold some vital step in contemplation, which will evolve much knowledge if the waves are clear; but you will make a fatal error if you see them muddy or lashed by a storm. See Ocean and Sea.
比利編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- The first wave is past, and the argument is compelled to admit that men and women have common duties and pursuits. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- There was something to the English peculiarly attractive in the idea of this wave-encircled, island-enthroned city. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The Mongol wave had washed over Poland, but had never subjugated it. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Yet Arnold calls them 'The young, light-hearted masters of the wave. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- When she reached the door she turned for a moment to wave a quick farewell. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- While the disturbance which travels out from a sounding body is commonly called a wave, it is by no means like the type of wave best known to us, namely, the water wave. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- I will plant your standard; and when you see it wave from yon highest minaret, you may gain courage, and rally round it! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The needle, in passing rapidly in contact with the recorded waves, was vibrated up and down, causing corresponding vibrations of the diaphragm. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- The darkness seemed to be swaying in waves across his mind, great waves of darkness plunging across his mind. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- An echo is caused by the reflection of sound waves at some moderately even surface, such as the wall of a building. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- My father slept in the cabin; and I lay on the deck, looking at the stars, and listening to the dashing of the waves. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Ten yokes of oxen dragging a boat with sails out of the sea in the morning with the line of the small waves breaking on the beach. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Tainter, who in 1886 patented in the United States means of cutting or engraving the sound waves in a solid body. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- It is compared to the wavelets produced by a stone dropped in w ater, only that in the case of sound the waves are not confined to one plane. 李貝. 西洋科學史.
- I looked back and saw Rinaldi standing watching me and waved to him. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- He saw me; for the moon had opened a blue field in the sky, and rode in it watery bright: he took his hat off, and waved it round his head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- A universal shriek arose as the russet boots waved wildly from the wreck and a golden head emerged, exclaiming, I told you so! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Breathlessly he waved his left arm above his prostrate body--it waved! 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- He waved his whip in the direction of the Bellomont acres, which lay outspread before them in opulent undulations. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- Zat Arras waved his hand in my direction. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- He didn't seem at all ashamed of it, for when I explained and hurried on, he waved his hand, sock and all, saying in his loud, cheerful way. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- At the turn of the lane he saw Miss Blenker standing at the gate and waving the pink parasol. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Nor a drop,' said Mr. Bumble, waving his right hand in a dignified, but placid manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- About her was the waving foliage of the forest. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- No, thank you, returned the count, waving away with a gesture of repugnance the cigarette Maurice held out to him. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- And, waving his hand with much pomp towards the door, as he fixed his back against the fireplace, said, 'No offence, my good fellow, no offence! 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Tain't so handsome that you need keep waving it about, as if you was a tight-rope dancer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Show your father his daughter Bella's letter, Lavinia,' said Mrs Wilfer, in her monotonous Act of Parliament tone, and waving her hand. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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