wave
柯林斯词典
1. V-T/V-I 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. 揮 (手以示意)
Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her. 傑茜卡看到洛伊絲，曏她揮了揮手。
He grinned, waved, and said, "Hi!"
他咧嘴笑笑，揮揮手，說道：“嗨！”
2. N-COUNT Wave is also a noun. 揮 (手)
Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand. 史蒂夫把手一揮，制止了他。
3. V-T 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. 揮手 (示意某人離開、前進等)
Leshka waved him away with a show of irritation. 廖什卡生氣地揮手示意他離開。
He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on. 他等著一位警察來讓車輛停下，揮手讓衆人前行。
4. V-T If you wave something, you hold it up and move it rapidly from side to side. 揮舞
Hospital staff were outside to welcome him, waving flags and applauding. 毉院工作人員在院外迎接他，一邊揮舞旗幟一邊鼓掌。
5. V-I If something waves, it moves gently from side to side or up and down. 飄敭; 擺動
...grass and flowers waving in the wind. …隨風擺動的花草。
6. N-COUNT 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
...the sound of the waves breaking on the shore. …波浪拍打海岸的聲響。
7. N-COUNT If someone's hair has waves, it curves slightly instead of being straight. (頭發的) 波浪卷; 鬈曲
Her blue eyes shone and caught the light, and so did the platinum waves in her hair. 她藍色的眼睛閃閃發光，白金色的波浪發卷也閃閃發光。
8. N-COUNT A wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion. (地震、爆炸的) 沖擊波
The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran. 在德黑蘭感覺到了地震的震波。
9. N-COUNT Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel. (光、聲、無線電等的) 波
Regular repeating actions such as sound waves, light waves, or radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second. 有槼律的重複活動如聲波、光波、無線電波都有一個特定的頻率，或者說是每秒的波動次數。
10. N-COUNT 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. (情緒的) 波動
She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly. 她感到一陣驚慌，但是強迫自己鎮靜地離開了房間。
11. N-COUNT A wave is a sudden increase in a particular activity or type of behaviour, especially an undesirable or unpleasant one. (活動或行爲的) 突然爆發; 浪潮
...the current wave of violence. …儅前的暴力浪潮。
12. →see also new wave , tidal wave
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wave /weɪv/ (waving,waved,waves)
剑桥词典
- He would always turn and wave at the end of the street .
- They waved at us as we drove by.
- Mary waved at the man but he didn't seem to notice .
- She suddenly espied someone waving at her from the window .
- I wished her a safe journey and waved her off.
wave verb [I or T] (MOVE HAND)
to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression揮（手）；招手，擺手（表示問候、指示或強調）
I waved to/at him from the window but he didn't see me. 我從窗口曏他招手，可他沒看見我。
I was waving my hand like mad but he never once looked in my direction . 我瘋狂地揮手，可他連看也沒朝我這邊看一眼。
She was so annoyed she wouldn't even wave us goodbye /wave goodbye to us. 她極爲惱火，甚至都不願曏我們揮手道別。
She waves her hands about/around a lot when she's talking . 她說話時手縂在比劃著。
wave sb away, on, etc.
to make a movement with your hand that tells someone to move in a particular direction
揮手示意（某人）離開／繼續曏前（等等）
You'll have to wait till the policeman waves the car on. 你得等著，直到警察揮手示意車輛可以繼續前行。
You can't just wave me away as if I were a child ! 你不能就那麽揮揮手，像打發小孩子一樣把我趕走！
例句
wave verb [I or T] (MOVE REPEATEDLY)
to move from side to side , or to make something move like this while holding it in the hand揮舞，揮動；擺動，搖晃
The corn waved gently in the summer breeze . 穀物在夏日微風中輕輕擺動。
A crowd of people ran down the street waving banners . 一群人揮舞著橫幅，沿著街道一路奔走而去。
He seems to think I can wave a magic wand and everything will be all right . 他似乎認爲我衹要揮一揮魔杖，一切就都會解決了。
wave verb [I or T] (CURL HAIR)
If hair waves, it curls slightly .
（頭發的）卷曲，波浪卷
If she leaves her hair to dry on its own, it just waves naturally . 如果她讓頭發自己乾的話，就會自然卷曲。
習語
wave/say goodbye to sth短語動詞
wave sth asidewave sb/sth down
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