wobble
英 ['w?b(?)l]
美 ['wɑbl]
- vi. 搖晃；搖擺；游移不定
- n. 擺動；搖晃；不穩定
- vt. 使搖擺；使顫動；搖動
助記提示
1. wave => wobble.
2. 諧音“我擺、我簸”-----我搖擺、我顛簸。
中文詞源
wobble 搖擺來自PIE*webh，轉，彎，編織，詞源同web,weave。引申義搖擺。
英文詞源
- wobble
- wobble: see wave
- wobble (v.)
- 1650s, wabble, probably from Low German wabbeln "to wobble;" cognate with Old Norse vafla "hover about, totter," related to vafra "move unsteadily," from Proto-Germanic *wab- "to move back and forth," perhaps from PIE *webh- "to weave" (see waver). Form with -o- is from 1851. Related: Wobbled; wobbling. The noun is attested from 1690s.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't wobble the desk when I'm writing.
- 我寫字時你不要搖動桌子.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Don't wobble the desk.
- 別晃動桌子.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment.
- 當一些隊員的入選招致許多不解的非議時，教練開始動搖了。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. We might look for a tiny wobble in the position of a star.
- 我們也許會觀察到恒星的位置微微地變動。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. I have a good pair of skates, but no matter how tightly I lace them, my ankles wobble.
- 我有一雙不錯的溜冰鞋，可是不管我把鞋帶系得多緊，腳脖子那里還是空落落的。
來自柯林斯例句