wobble

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n. 摆动, 摇晃, 不稳定, 抖动 vi. 摇晃, 摇摆, 游移不定 vt. 使摇摆, 使颤动

发音

US /ˈwɑbl̩/
UK /ˈwɒbl̩/

词形变化

wobbles 复数 wobbles wobbled wobbles 三单 wobbling wobbling 现在分词 wobbled 过去式 wobbled 过去分词

别名

wabble

教材释义与例句

名词

摆动；摇晃；不稳定

动词

使摇摆；使颤动；摇动

动词

摇晃；摇摆；游移不定

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An unsteady motion.

    The fat man walked down the street with a wobble.

  2. 2.

    A tremulous sound.

    There was a wobble on her high notes.

  3. 3.

    A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep.

    音乐
  4. 4.

    A variation in the third nucleotide of a codon that codes for a specific aminoacid.

    生物 医学
v.
  1. 1.

    To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.

    不及物

    the Earth wobbles slowly on its axis

    the jelly wobbled on the plate

  2. 2.

    To tremble or quaver.

    不及物

    The soprano's voice wobbled alarmingly.

  3. 3.

    To vacillate in one's opinions.

    不及物

    I'm wobbling between the Liberals and the Greens.

  4. 4.

    To cause to wobble.

    及物

    The boy wobbled the girl's bike.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

movement motion

下位词 1

shimmy
动词

同义词 5

shift tilt shimmy careen coggle

上位词 2

move vibrate

相关短语

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词源

From earlier wabble (“wobble”), probably from Low German wabbeln (“to wobble”). Compare Dutch wiebelen and wobbelen (“to wobble”), German wabbeln (“to wobble”), Old Norse vafla (“to hover about, totter”).

来源：wiktionary