| 单词 | waver |
| 释义 | waver waver1 —waverer, n. —waveringly, adv. /way"veuhr/, v.i. 1. to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze. 2. to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared. 3. become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered. 4. to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered. 5. to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination. 6. (of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered. 7. to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered. n. 8. an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating. [1275-1325; ME (see WAVE, -ER6); c. dial. G wabern to move about, ON vafra to toddle] Syn. 4. quiver. 5. WAVER, FLUCTUATE, VACILLATE refer to an alternation or hesitation between one direction and another. WAVER means to hesitate between choices: to waver between two courses of action. FLUCTUATE suggests irregular change from one side to the other or up and down: The prices of stocks fluctuate when there is bad news followed by good. VACILLATE is to make up one's mind and change it again suddenly; to be undecided as to what to do: We must not vacillate but must set a day. waver2 /way"veuhr/, n. 1. a person who waves or causes something to wave: Election time brings out the wavers of flags and haranguers of mobs. 2. a person who specializes in waving hair. 3. something, as a curling iron, used for waving hair. [1550-60; WAVE + -ER1] |
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