1 VERB 挥(手)示意(或致意) If you
wave or
wave your hand, you move your hand from side to side in the air, usually in order to say hello or goodbye to someone.
挥(手)示意(或致意) [Also VERB n preposition] -
Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her. [V to/at n]
杰茜卡看到了洛伊丝,就冲她挥手致意。
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He waved at the waiter, who rushed to the table. [V + to/at]
他冲服务员招了招手,服务员就急忙跑到桌边。
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He grinned, waved, and said, 'Hi!'. [VERB]
他咧嘴笑了笑,挥挥手说:“嗨!”
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Elaine turned and waved her hand lazily and left. [VERB noun]
伊莱恩转过身,懒懒地挥了一下手就走了。
2 VERB 挥手示意(方向);挥手指引 If you
wave someone away or
wave them on, you make a movement with your hand to indicate that they should move in a particular direction.
挥手示意(方向);挥手指引 -
Leshka waved him away with a show of irritation. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
廖什克恼火地挥手让他离开。
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He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他等着警察来让车辆停下,指挥人们前行。
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He waved the servants out of the tent. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
他挥手让仆人们退到帐篷外。
3 VERB 挥舞 If you
wave something, you hold it up and move it rapidly from side to side.
挥舞 -
Hospital staff were outside to welcome him, waving flags and applauding. [VERB noun]
医院的工作人员都在外面一边挥动旗子一边鼓掌欢迎他。
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She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about. [VERB noun adv./prep.]
她经常会提高嗓门,双手胡乱挥舞。
4 VERB 飘动;摆动;起伏 If something
waves, it moves gently from side to side or up and down.
飘动;摆动;起伏 5 N-COUNT 波浪;(尤指)海浪 A
wave is a raised mass of water on the surface of water, especially the sea, which is caused by the wind or by tides making the surface of the water rise and fall.
波浪;(尤指)海浪 6 N-COUNT (头发的)波浪卷,鬈曲 If someone's hair has
waves, it curves slightly instead of being straight.
(头发的)波浪卷,鬈曲 7 N-COUNT 冲击波 A
wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion.
冲击波 -
The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran. [+ of]
地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到。
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The blast wave crushed the breath from Neil, but he survived.
爆炸冲击波震得尼尔喘不过气来,不过他还是得以幸存。
8 N-COUNT [usually plural] (声、光、无线电等的)波 Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel.
(声、光、无线电等的)波 -
Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
声波、光波或无线电波等都有特定的频率,或者说是每秒的波数。
9 N-COUNT (情绪的)突发,高涨 If you refer to a
wave of a particular feeling, you mean that it increases quickly and becomes very intense, and then often decreases again.
(情绪的)突发,高涨 -
She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly. [+ of]
她感到一阵恐慌,但还是强作镇定地离开了房间。
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A wave of sympathy for her swept Ireland.
爱尔兰举国上下都同情她。
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The loneliness and grief comes in waves.
孤独和悲伤不断涌上心头。
10 N-COUNT (活动、行为的)爆发,浪潮 A
wave is a sudden increase in a particular activity or type of behaviour, especially an undesirable or unpleasant one.
(活动、行为的)爆发,浪潮 -
...the current wave of violence. [+ of]
目前的暴力浪潮
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...an even newer crime wave.
更新一波的犯罪风潮
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...the shortages of bread, meat and gasoline that have hit Moscow in waves over the summer.
这个夏天里莫斯科接连遭受了缺粮、少肉和汽油短缺的打击
11 N-COUNT [usually singular, oft NOUN of n] (突然涌向某处的)人流 A
wave is a sudden increase in the number of people moving somewhere.
(突然涌向某处的)人流 12 N-COUNT 人群形成的波浪;人浪 If a crowd of people do the
wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, then sits down again, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.
人群形成的波浪;人浪 [US] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 Mexican wave
Word Partnership | Use wave with: |
N. | wave your hand 1 wave a flag 3 crest of a wave 5 radio wave 8 wave of attacks/bombings, wave of violence 10 |
VERB. | smile and wave 1 ride a wave 5 9 |
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