no obj.
1- move unsteadily from side to side摇晃, 摇摆:
the table wobbles where the leg is too short.
桌子短腿的那一边摇摇晃晃。
1.1
- with obj. cause to move in such a way使摇晃地动, 使走不稳。
1.2
- with adverbial of direction move in such a way in a particular direction晃悠:
they wobble around on their bikes.
他们骑着自行车四处晃悠。
1.3
- (of the voice) tremble; quaver(声音等)颤抖; 颤动:
her voice wobbled dangerously, but she brought it under control.
她的声音抖得厉害, 但她控制住了。
1.4
- figurative hesitate or waver between different courses of action; vacillate〈喻〉摇摆不定:
the President wobbled on Bosnia.
总统在波斯尼亚问题上摇摆不定。
1
- an unsteady movement from side to side摇晃, 摇摆。
1.1
- a tremble or quaver in the voice声音颤抖; 颤动。
1.2
- a moment of hesitation or vacillation摇摆不定的时刻。
词源
mid 17th cent. (earlier as wabble): of Germanic origin; compare with Old Norse vafla 'waver'; related to the verb WAVE.