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Definition of haver in English: haververb ˈheɪvəˈheɪvər [no object]1Scottish Talk foolishly; babble. 〈苏格兰〉说傻话,胡说;瞎唠叨 汤姆胡乱地唠叨着。 Example sentencesExamples - Anyone that day who foresaw Istabraq becoming a superstar would have been havering.
- The women did a lot of talking and havering about ribbons while the guys bought the flowers and got out there selling.
- A group of friends are havering politely in what looks like a social situation.
- And then they're off again, blabbing, sniping, yakking, havering.
2British Act in a vacillating or indecisive manner. 〈英〉犹豫不决;游移不定 he havered at the threshold, peering into darkness Example sentencesExamples - Yet others havered indecisively over both the principle and the practicality of the thing.
- The reason the richest nations on earth have havered for so long about admitting Turkey to their club is all about - you know - "values".
- Yet it is the wavering and havering that is most expensive: a report by the National Audit Office in 2000 revealed that delays and price rises in the 25 most important defence contracts of the previous year had cost the taxpayer £2.7bn.
- I've havered for a bit before publishing another draft of my 10 favourite films.
- Premier Guy Mollet, in the center of it all, havered uncomfortably. Once again irresolution was at the helm in France.
Synonyms indecisiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness
noun ˈheɪvəˈheɪvər mass nounalso haversScottish Foolish talk; nonsense. 〈苏格兰〉傻话,胡说八道 Synonyms prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling
OriginEarly 18th century: of unknown origin. RhymesAva, caver, craver, deva, engraver, enslaver, favour (US favor), flavour (US flavor), graver, laver, paver, quaver, raver, saver, savour (US savor), shaver, vena cava, waiver, waver Definition of haver in US English: haververbˈheɪvərˈhāvər [no object]Scottish 1Talk foolishly; babble. 〈苏格兰〉说傻话,胡说;瞎唠叨 汤姆胡乱地唠叨着。 Example sentencesExamples - The women did a lot of talking and havering about ribbons while the guys bought the flowers and got out there selling.
- And then they're off again, blabbing, sniping, yakking, havering.
- A group of friends are havering politely in what looks like a social situation.
- Anyone that day who foresaw Istabraq becoming a superstar would have been havering.
- 1.1British Act in a vacillating or indecisive manner.
〈英〉犹豫不决;游移不定 he havered at the threshold, peering into darkness Example sentencesExamples - I've havered for a bit before publishing another draft of my 10 favourite films.
- Premier Guy Mollet, in the center of it all, havered uncomfortably. Once again irresolution was at the helm in France.
- The reason the richest nations on earth have havered for so long about admitting Turkey to their club is all about - you know - "values".
- Yet it is the wavering and havering that is most expensive: a report by the National Audit Office in 2000 revealed that delays and price rises in the 25 most important defence contracts of the previous year had cost the taxpayer £2.7bn.
- Yet others havered indecisively over both the principle and the practicality of the thing.
Synonyms indecisiveness, indecision, irresoluteness, lack of resolution, hesitancy, hesitation, tentativeness
nounˈheɪvərˈhāvər also haversScottish Foolish talk; nonsense. 〈苏格兰〉傻话,胡说八道 Synonyms prattle, chatter, twitter, babble, talk, prating, gabble, jabber, blether, rambling
OriginEarly 18th century: of unknown origin. |