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wave/weiv/ v. & n.●v. 1a intr. (often foll. by 常后跟 to) move a hand etc. to and fro in greeting or as a signal 挥(手等)打招呼(或示意) waved to me across the street 在马路对面向我招手 b tr. move (a hand etc.) in this way 挥(手等) 2a intr. show a sinuous or sweeping motion as of a flag, tree, or a cornfield in the wind; flutter, undulate (旗帜、树、麦田等在风中的)飘动;摆动;起伏;波动 b tr. impart a waving motion to 使飘动(摆动,摇动) 3 tr. brandish (a sword etc.) as an encouragement to followers etc. 挥舞;晃动(剑等武器,以示鼓励) 4 tr. tell or direct (a person) by waving 挥手示意或指挥(某人) waved them away 挥手让他们离开; waved them to follow 招手让他们跟上 5 tr. express (a greeting etc.) by waving 招手;挥手(表示问候等) waved goodbye to them 挥手向他们告别 6 tr. give an undulating form to (hair, drawn lines, etc.); make wavy 使(头发、画的线等)成波浪形;成波纹 7 intr. (of hair etc.) have such a form; be wavy (指头发等)呈波形 ●n. 1 a ridge of water between two depressions 波浪 2 a long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore 波涛 3 a thing compared to this, e.g. a body of persons in one of successive advancing groups (人群等的)潮涌 4 a gesture of waving 挥手 5a the process of waving the hair 烫发 b an undulating form produced in the hair by waving (烫发后的)卷发,波浪形头发 6a a temporary occurrence or increase of a condition, emotion, or influence (情况的)突发;(情绪的)高涨;(影响的)激增 a wave of enthusiasm 热潮 b (esp. in phrs. 尤用于短语 heatwave, cold wave) a spell of abnormal heat or cold 热浪;寒流 7 Physicsa a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, as in the passage of undulating motion, heat, sound, etc. (see also 另见 STANDING WAVE, TRAVELLING WAVE) 【物理学】(粒子、热、声等传播的)波状运动 b a single curve in the course of this motion (波状运动传播过程中的)波 8 Electr. a similar variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation through a medium or vacuum 【电】电磁波 9 (in pl. 用复数; prec. by 前接 the) poet. the sea; water [诗]海;水 □ make waves colloq. [口] 1 cause trouble 引起混乱;制造麻烦;兴风作浪 2 create a significant impression 引起轩然大波 □ wave aside dismiss as intrusive or irrelevant 挥走;排斥;对…置之不理 □ wave down wave to (a vehicle or its driver) as a signal to stop 挥手示意(车辆或其司机)停下 □ waveless adj.□ wavelike adj. & adv.[Old English wafian (v.) from Germanic: the noun also by alteration of Middle English wawe, wage] |