英语词汇“waver”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	waver
释义	waver I. wa·ver \ˈwāvə(r)\ intransitive verb (wavered ; wavered ; wavering \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; wavers) Etymology: Middle English waveren; akin to Middle High German wabern to waver, Old English wǣfre wavering, restless, Old Norse vafra to hover about, Old English wefan to weave — more at weave 1. a. : to vacillate irresolutely between options or attractions : hesitate undecided at a choice : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction : act inconstant or uncertain : vary < wavers between easy tolerance and a bigotry which would have made the Puritans squirm — Green Peyton > < wavered between sympathy and superiority — Mary Austin > < wavers between writing an adult fairy tale, a slick romance, and a social satire — Martin Levin > b. : to change, alternate, or shift between objects, conditions, uses, or otherwise < a mood that wavered between uncertain cheer and blackest gloom > 2. a. : to weave or sway unsteadily to and fro : move back and forth : reel, totter < wavered back and forth a little as he spoke — Irwin Shaw > < on this point of view the character stands, wavers, or falls — F.J.Hoffman > b. : to move in an unsteady or uncontrolled manner : flutter, quiver < the feather wavered to the floor — Elinor Wylie > < a thin grey stinking smoke wavered up — Claud Cockburn > < it wavered as he raised it and fired — Sherwood Anderson > c. : to approach or withdraw in an undecided or hesitant manner < they both hesitated, and, as it were, wavered uncertainly towards each other — Arnold Bennett > d. : to follow a changing or random line : move in a purposeless way or as if impelled by chance influences < the story wavers and loses some of its … effectiveness — Edmund Fuller > 3. a. : to move with a shifting or uncertain gaze : turn uneasily, timidly, or weakly one way and another < his glance wavered like that of a cornered animal > b. : to give an unsteady sound : quaver, shake < her voice wavered with strain > c. : to evince uncertainty or vagueness of mind (as in great perplexity or shock) : wander < his wits at last wavered from the prolonged and intense horror > 4. a. : to fluctuate in brightness : flicker, glimmer < the candle flames wavered — Margaret A. Barnes > < the thin blue light wavered and vanished and wavered again — Ellen Glasgow > b. : to move with the indistinctness or uncertainty of a shadow < the silhouette of a moving cat wavered across the moonlight — Scott Fitzgerald > < before my face wavered an incense cloud the like of which I had never smelt — Elinor Wylie > 5. : to falter in battle : hesitate as if about to give way : check < the line wavered and broke — John Buchan > Synonyms: see hesitate, swing II. waver noun (-s) Etymology: earlier waiver, probably from waive + -er dialect England : a young tree left uncut during timber clearing III. wav·er noun (-s) Etymology: wave (I) + -er : one that waves: as a. : one that swings something to and fro < they are wavers of flags and shouters of slogans > b. : a vibrating roller that smooths and distributes ink on the inking table of a printing press c. (1) : a hairdresser who does waving (2) : a device (as an iron) for waving hair IV. wa·ver noun (-s) Etymology: waver (I) : an act of wavering, quivering, or fluttering
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