wobbly
adjective
uk/ˈwɒb.əl.i/us/ˈwɑː.bəl.i/wobblyadjective(MOVING)
likelytowobble:
摇摇晃晃的a wobblyladder/table摇摇晃晃的梯子/桌子
I've been inbedwithfluand mylegsstillfeela little wobbly.我因流感而卧床休息,腿仍然感觉打晃儿。
Thebabytook a few wobblystepstowards me.小婴儿朝着我摇摇晃晃地走了几步。
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- brandish
- flap
- flourish
- fluffsomethingup
- jitter
- joggle
- pulse
- reverberate
- rocky
- shakiness
- shimmy
- stir
- stirsomethingup
- sweep
- teeter
- thrashing
- wag
- wobble
- wobbler
- worry atsomething
wobblyadjective(NOT CERTAIN)
UKinformal
uncertainwhat to do orchangingrepeatedlybetween twoopinions:
拿不定主意的;动摇的;(在两种观点间)变来变去的LastweekIfeltsureI was doing therightthing but I'vestartedtofeelabitwobbly about it.上周我很肯定自己做对了,可是现在我觉得有点拿不准了。
Doubt & ambivalence
- ambivalence
- ambivalent
- ambivalently
- askance
- be in two mindsidiom
- have a foot in both campsidiom
- haw
- hem
- hem and hawidiom
- hum and hawidiom
- nonconcern
- nonplussed
- quandary
- rudderless
- shades of greyidiom
- warily
- wary
- waver
- wavering
- wishy-washy
wobbly
noun
UKinformaluk/ˈwɒb.əl.i/us/ˈwɑː.bəl.i/throw a wobbly
tobecomeextremelyangryandupset:
非常愤怒;极不高兴Myparentsthrewa wobbly when theyfoundout I'd had apartywhile they were away.当父母发现我趁他们不在的时候举行了聚会,他们非常不高兴。
to get angry
- lose your temperShe never lost her temper, never raised her voice.
- explodeShe exploded with rage when she was mistaken for a cleaning lady.
- eruptMy ex-husband would erupt over little things.
- lose (your) patienceShe was starting to lose her patience with him.
- become enragedHe became enraged and crashed out of the room.
- fly into a rageI never saw him fly into a rage or treat anyone cruelly.
Becoming angry and expressing anger
- (almost) burst a blood vesselidiom
- ape
- ballistic
- bananas
- bay for bloodidiom
- blow
- chip
- fly off the handleidiom
- fulminating
- fume
- get bent out of shapeidiom
- getyourknickers in a twistidiom
- roof
- sharp
- sharpness
- splenetic
- stew
- temper
- tempered
- throw