wobble
英 ['wɒb(ə)l]
美 ['wɑbl]
- vi. 摇晃；摇摆；游移不定
- n. 摆动；摇晃；不稳定
- vt. 使摇摆；使颤动；摇动
助记提示
1. wave => wobble.
2. 谐音“我摆、我簸”-----我摇摆、我颠簸。
中文词源
wobble 摇摆来自PIE*webh，转，弯，编织，词源同web,weave。引申义摇摆。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Don't wobble the desk when I'm writing.
- 我写字时你不要摇动桌子.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Don't wobble the desk.
- 别晃动桌子.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 3. The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment.
- 当一些队员的入选招致许多不解的非议时，教练开始动摇了。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. We might look for a tiny wobble in the position of a star.
- 我们也许会观察到恒星的位置微微地变动。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. I have a good pair of skates, but no matter how tightly I lace them, my ankles wobble.
- 我有一双不错的溜冰鞋，可是不管我把鞋带系得多紧，脚脖子那里还是空落落的。
来自柯林斯例句