wobble

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ldoce_361_bwob·ble /ˈwɒbəl $ ˈwɑː-/ verb

1 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SHAKE to move unsteadily from side to side, or make something do this 摇晃；使摇摆

The pile of bricks wobbled and fell.

那堆砖摇摇晃晃地倒塌了。

Tom stopped, wobbling from the weight of his load.

汤姆停下来，身上的东西压得他摇摇晃晃。

► see thesaurus at move →5 See picture of WOBBLE 摇晃

2 [intransitiveI always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]BALANCE to go in a particular direction while moving unsteadily from side to side 摇摇晃晃地前行

wobble down/along/towards etc

Cindy wobbled along the street on her bike.

辛迪歪歪扭扭地骑着自行车沿街而行。

3 NOT SURE[intransitiveI] to be unsure whether to do something 犹豫不决 SYN waver

The president appeared to wobble over sending the troops in.

总统在派兵问题上显得犹豫不决。

—wobble noun [countableC]

Examples from the Corpus

wobble• She rocked the table-the sawhorses wobbled.• She bumped the table and the glasses wobbled.• The whole washing machine began to wobble.• Jerry came in carrying a tray of glasses that were wobbling alarmingly.• He clenched the steering wheel so hard that the car wobbled, and he hastily righted it.• They were held in place only by their buoyancy. could wobble and rattle them with ease.• But after he bares his fangs, she wobbles as if the blood had been sucked from her veins.• She is running-running away from a shaking house and a row of wobbling green trees.• The fat houses between him and the market began to dance, wobbling their whited bellies.• "Who could that be?" the old man said as he wobbled toward the door.• The chair wobbled under her weight and then fell over.• He got up and wobbled, wiping blindly at his wet face, not even feeling the cold.

wobble down/along/towards etc• We wobbled down the road holding a handle apiece.• Through both intricacies, bright yellow, blue and red-hooded anoraks, like monks en fete, wobbled along the sea front.• Having negotiated the traffic bridge, she turned left again on the other side of the river to wobble along the tow-path.• She just wobbled along with a big smile on her face.

Origin wobble

(1600-1700) Probably from Low German wabbeln

wob·ble verb

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