wobbled
past simple and past participle ofwobble
| 单词 | wobbled |
| 释义 | wobbled past simple and past participle ofwobble wobble verb uk/ˈwɒb.əl/us/ˈwɑː.bəl/wobbleverb(MOVE)[IorT] to (causesomething to)shakeormovefromsidetosidein a way thatshowspoorbalance: Thatbookcasewobbleswheneveryou put anything on it. Don't wobble thetable,please, Dan. figurativeThe company'sshareswobbled with thenewsof aforeigntakeoverbid. Shaking, swinging and vibrating
wobbleverb(NOT CERTAIN)[I]informal to beuncertainwhat to do or tochangerepeatedlybetween twoopinions: Thegovernmentcan'taffordto wobble on thisissue. Doubt & ambivalence
Examplesofwobbledwobbled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hewobbled; he sat on the fence; he was non-committal; he committed the abiding politicians' sin of failing to answer a simple question. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was nothing like that at all; hewobbled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Hewobbledandwobbledand in the end had to admit that he could not do that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The motor-cyclist applied his brakes,wobbled, skidded, fell off and was taken to hospital. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Wewobbledbetween on policy and the other, and we missed our first chance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have vacillated andwobbledon this all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Theywobbledin their answers to questions yesterday and in their speeches today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On this issue he haswobbledall over the road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He haswobbledabout on this issue like a demented political yo-yo. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say it was the will of the people thatwobbled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It may be fair to sum it up by saying that itwobbledslightly against it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Of course, the patientwobbled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They have not thought out their strategy, and they have not been able to apply their minds to it because they havewobbledaround under pressure from their diehards. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Long ago, when we were learning to ride a bicycle, we may remember our experience as wewobbledalong. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Both of them havewobbled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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