| 单词 | hover |
| 释义 | hover (hɒvəʳ , US hʌv- ) Word forms: hovers , hovering , hovered 1. verb To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly. Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers. [VERB] A police helicopter hovered overhead. [VERB] Mist hovered in all the valleys. [VERB] Synonyms: float, fly, hang, drift 2. verb If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do. Judith was hovering in the doorway. [VERB] With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: linger, loiter, wait nearby, hang about or around [informal] 3. verb If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind. She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her. [VERB preposition/adverb] Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: waver, alternate, fluctuate, haver [British] 4. verb If a something such as a price, value, or score hovers around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much. Temperatures hovered around freezing. [VERB preposition/adverb] His golf handicap hovered between 10 and 12. [VERB preposition/adverb] Collocations: temperature hovers By midday, the temperature hovers about 25 degrees. Times, Sunday Times While the temperature hovers at broiling point, bring it on. Times, Sunday Times The temperature hovers from around 25 degrees in winter to 38 degrees in summer. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For ten months of the year, maximum temperature hovers in the mid twenties. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 盘旋鸟、昆虫等通过快速扇动翅膀在原地 Japanese: 空中で静止する |
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