wave2 ●●● S3 W3 verb 1 hand 手 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]SIGN/GESTURE to raise your arm and move your hand from side to side in order to make someone notice you 挥手;招手wave to/at She turned to wave to the approaching soldiers. 她转身向走来的士兵挥手。
Enid waved at us and we waved back. 伊妮德向我们挥手,我们也向她挥手。
wave (somebody) goodbye (=say goodbye to someone by waving to them) (向某人)挥手道别 The nurses came out to wave Grandad goodbye. 护士们出来跟爷爷挥手道别。
2 move 移动 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MOVE something OR somebody if you wave something, or if it waves, it moves from side to side 挥动,摆动〔某物〕;上下起伏;左右摇晃 The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin. 发令员挥动绿旗,示意比赛即将开始。
a tree waving in the breeze 在微风中摇曳的树
He waved a hand in the air to attract her attention. 他挥手想吸引她的注意。
wave something under/at etc somebody/something Trudie waved a $50 bill under his nose. 特鲁迪拿着一张50美元的钞票在他鼻子底下晃了晃。
wave something around/about The stranger spoke rapidly, waving his arms around. 那个陌生人挥舞着双臂,急急地说着。
3 signal 信号 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIGN/GESTURE to show someone which way to go by waving your hand in that direction 对〔某人〕挥手示意wave somebody through/on/away etc The border guards waved us through. 边防哨兵挥手示意我们通过。
Peter waved them back to their seats. 彼得挥挥手让他们坐回自己的位子。
4 wave something goodbye/wave goodbye to something informalLOSE A GAME, COMPETITION, OR WAR to be forced to accept that something you want will not happen 与某事挥别〔指被迫接受不如意的结局〕 If you’re not careful, you can wave goodbye to any pay rise this year. 如果你不小心点的话,今年就别想涨工资了。
5 wave a magic wand to make a bad situation better, even though this is impossible 挥动魔杖〔让坏事变好〕 I can’t wave a magic wand and change what happened. 我没有办法挥动魔杖改变已经发生的事。
wave a magic wand• I ask, if you could wave a magic wand, what would your life look like?• If that is true, he is waving a magic wand with a sledgehammer on the end. 6. hair 头发 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]DCB if hair waves, or if it is waved, it forms loose curls (使)呈波浪形,(使)卷曲
7 wave something ↔ aside phrasal verbphr v REJECT/NOT ACCEPTto ignore someone’s opinion or ideas because you do not think they are important 对〔某人的意见或主意〕不屑一顾,不理会 He waved her protests aside. 他对她的抗议置之不理。
8 wave somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v TTCSIGN/GESTUREto signal to the driver of a car to stop by waving at them 挥手示意…停车 People in passing cars tried waving him down. 驶过的车辆里的人挥手示意他停车。
wave down• During these two stages brain wave activity slows down.• It came and went in swirling waves that rushed down from the ceiling and swallowed her up.• The result is that this type of wave combs material down from the top of the beach giving a net erosive effect.• Some one Glover knew waved him down in the road at the edge of town.• At that moment, a 30-foot wave crashed down on her.• A larger-than - normal wave was racing down on the raft.• The vibration takes the form of an acoustic wave travelling down the rod.• Kip waved his arm down, without looking back. - I want to know what your cause is, man. 9 wave somebody off phrasal verbphr v GOODBYEto wave goodbye to someone as they leave 挥手送别 Are you coming to the station to wave me off? 你去车站给我送行吗?