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Wave

Related topics: Oceanography, Power, Physics, Hair & beauty
wave1 /weɪv/ ●●● S3 W2 noun → waive
1  sea 大海 [countableC]HEO a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea 海浪，波濤
Dee watched the waves breaking on the shore.
迪伊凝視着拍岸的波濤。
The ship tipped over, and finally vanished beneath the waves.
船傾覆了，最終沉沒在海浪之下。
→ tidal wave
2  increase 增強 [countableC usually singular]LOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling 〔行爲、活動或感情的〕一陣；風潮，浪潮
There was a wave of public protest.
一波公衆抗議浪潮出現了。
3  people and things 人和事物 [countableC] a sudden increase in the number of people or things arriving at the same time 〔人或物的〕突現，大量湧現，…潮
wave of
a new wave of immigrants
一股新的移民潮
They faced wave after wave of fresh troops.
他們遭遇了一批又一批的增援部隊。
4  light and sound 光和聲 [countableC]TPHP the form in which some types of energy such as light and sound travel 〔光、聲等傳播的〕波
sound/light/radio wave 聲波/光波/無線電波
→ long wave, medium wave, short wave
5  signal 信號 [countableC usually singular]SIGN/GESTURE a movement in which you raise your arm and move your hand from side to side 揮手；招手
He dismissed her with a wave of the hand.
他擺擺手讓她離開。
6  feeling/activity 感覺/活動REGULAR [countableC] a feeling or activity that happens again and again in a series 〔情緒或活動的〕一陣一陣
The pain swept over him in waves.
疼痛一陣陣向他襲來。
Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.
一批又一批飛機從頭頂飛過。
7. hair 頭發 [countableC usually plural]DCB a loose curl in your hair 〔頭發的〕波浪形卷曲
8  make waves informalCAUSE to cause problems, especially when you should not 制造麻煩
With so many jobs already cut, he didn’t want to make waves.
已經有那麽多人被裁員，他可不想惹麻煩。
Examples from the Corpus
make waves• Although the full portent of that legislation has yet to sink in, it is already making waves.• With men and women like Anderson, Davis, Drew, and Randolph, blacks made waves during the war.• What gradually emerged was a project that is still making waves in economics.• Lora can do what ever she wants at work as long as she doesn't make waves.• Council to make waves at show A NORTH-EAST council is hoping to make waves at a top boat show.• The youngsters hoping to make waves in Barcelona.• The desire not to make waves is a particularly depressing and insipid form of self-censorship.• And, after a spell of obscurity, Sidney Bechet was making waves again.
9  new wave a new style of music, art, film etc that is very different and unusual 〔音樂、藝術、電影等風格的〕新浪潮，新流派
new wave music
新浪潮音樂
new wave of
the new wave of Black feminist theorists
新湧現的這批黑人女權主義理論家
Examples from the Corpus
new wave• I never thought of us as a punk band, a metal band, or a new wave band.• A new wave of pro-independence demonstrations began in earnest in late 1987.• After each new wave of immigrants became enfranchised, they began electing people of their own background, she said.• Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets to old prejudices.• Charles was not quite so committed to the new wave.• They crossed the former's tight disco-funk arrangements with witty incisive lyrics more usually associated with new wave bands.• Yet new waves of allegations continued.
10. crowd 人群 [countableC usually singular] American EnglishAmE an occasion when many people who are watching an event stand up, move their arms up and down, and sit down again one after another in a continuous movement that looks like a wave moving on the sea 人浪〔指觀衆依次站起和坐下以造成波浪的效果〕 SYN British English Mexican wave
11. the waves literaryALHEO the sea 大海
Examples from the Corpus
the waves• When the island had sunk beneath the waves the former fringe would be left as an atoll.• Spectators will also be able to talk to the scientists working beneath the waves.• There it was picked up by the force of the waves, dashed around in midair and dropped on to the rocks.• But now, away below, we see something coming out of the waves.• With their eyes erect and fear in their speed they run for the safety of the waves.• However the early reports from the surfers has been that conditions for riding the waves have actually improved.• That way researchers could see the waves passing through ever deeper layers of the mantle.• Carwyn Williams was sitting out on the balcony watching the waves.
→ airwaves, shock wave
n COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea 海浪，波濤
verbs
waves break (=fall onto the land or a boat)
We could hear the waves breaking on the shore.
waves crash (=fall noisily)
Huge waves crashed down on us.
waves lap (=hit something gently)
the sound of waves lapping against the boat
waves pound (=hit something hard)
The waves pounded the rocks.
sink/vanish beneath the waves
The ship sank beneath the waves.
ADJECTIVES/NOUN + wave
a great wave (=a very large wave)
The storm sent great waves crashing into the cliffs.
a tidal wave (=a very large ocean wave that flows over the land and destroys things)
The winds and a tidal wave killed 45 people.
the ocean waves (=the sea)
They spent a week on the ocean waves on a cruise ship.
wave + NOUN
wave energy/power (=electricity from the movement of waves)
Wave power involves using the movement of the seas to generate electricity.
phrases
the crest of a wave (=the top of the wave where it begins to fall)
Surfers rode on the crest of a wave.
 COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling 〔行爲、活動或感情的〕一陣；風潮，浪潮
phrases
a wave of violence/attacks/bombings 一波暴力/攻擊/爆炸事件
The incident triggered a wave of violence.
這一事件引發了一波暴力事件。
a wave of panic/relief/sympathy 一陣恐慌/寬慰/同情
A wave of relief washed over Harry.
一陣寬慰感湧上亨利心頭。
a wave of nausea/dizziness/tiredness 一陣惡心/眩暈/疲勞
nAnother wave of nausea hit him.
NOUN + wave
a crime wave (=a sudden increase in crime) 一波犯罪浪潮
The city is experiencing a crime wave.
該市正在經歷一波犯罪浪潮。
a heat wave (=a period of unusually hot weather) 一波熱浪
California is in the middle of a heat wave.
加利福尼亞州正處在一波熱浪中。
verbs
a wave hits somebody/something 一陣…襲擊某人/某事物
He was hit by a wave of nausea every time he tried to stand up.
每次他試圖站起身，都會感覺到一陣惡心。
a wave engulfs somebody/something (=it affects someone or something very strongly) 一陣…席卷某人/某事物
The city was engulfed by a fresh wave of violence.
新一波暴力浪潮席卷該市。
a wave sweeps/washes over somebody (=someone suddenly experiences a feeling or emotion) 一陣…充滿某人心頭
A sudden wave of joy swept over her.
一陣喜悅湧上她心頭。
nadjectives
a great wave of something
A great wave of affection for him engulfed her.
a new/fresh wave of something
A fresh wave of fighting erupted in the region yesterday.
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wave2 ●●● S3 W3 verb
1  wave.jpg 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 揮手；招手
wave to/at
She turned to wave to the approaching soldiers.
她轉身向走來的士兵揮手。
Enid waved at us and we waved back.
伊妮德向我們揮手，我們也向她揮手。
wave (somebody) goodbye (=say goodbye to someone by waving to them) (向某人)揮手道别
The nurses came out to wave Grandad goodbye.
護士們出來跟爺爺揮手道别。
2  move 移動 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]MOVE something OR somebody if you wave something, or if it waves, it moves from side to side 揮動，擺動〔某物〕；上下起伏；左右搖晃
The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.
發令員揮動綠旗，示意比賽即將開始。
a tree waving in the breeze
在微風中搖曳的樹
He waved a hand in the air to attract her attention.
他揮手想吸引她的注意。
wave something under/at etc somebody/something
Trudie waved a $50 bill under his nose.
特魯迪拿着一張50美元的鈔票在他鼻子底下晃了晃。
wave something around/about
The stranger spoke rapidly, waving his arms around.
那個陌生人揮舞着雙臂，急急地說着。
3  signal 信號 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]SIGN/GESTURE to show someone which way to go by waving your hand in that direction 對〔某人〕揮手示意
wave somebody through/on/away etc
The border guards waved us through.
邊防哨兵揮手示意我們通過。
Peter waved them back to their seats.
彼得揮揮手讓他們坐回自己的位子。
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 與某事揮别〔指被迫接受不如意的結局〕
If you’re not careful, you can wave goodbye to any pay rise this year.
如果你不小心點的話，今年就别想漲工資了。
5  wave a magic wand to make a bad situation better, even though this is impossible 揮動魔杖〔讓壞事變好〕
I can’t wave a magic wand and change what happened.
我沒有辦法揮動魔杖改變已經發生的事。
Examples from the Corpus
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 頭發 [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 對〔某人的意見或主意〕不屑一顧，不理會
He waved her protests aside.
他對她的抗議置之不理。
Examples from the Corpus
wave aside• Bunny brought Meredith a plate of sandwiches; he waved them aside.• Soldiers with automatic rifles hung out of the windows waving us angrily aside.• They took their leave unceremoniously, Cranston waving Colebrooke aside.• When I offered to carry her sack she waved me aside.
8 wave somebody/something ↔ down phrasal verbphr v TTCSIGN/GESTUREto signal to the driver of a car to stop by waving at them 揮手示意…停車
People in passing cars tried waving him down.
駛過的車輛裏的人揮手示意他停車。
Examples from the Corpus
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 揮手送别
Are you coming to the station to wave me off?
你去車站給我送行嗎？
Examples from the Corpus
wave off• All relatives, all there to wave us off.• The one with the shoulder boards made another gesture, this time waving us off curtly.• I climbed into the truck, gave her a wave and drove off down the winding township road.• The first attack wave took off from the carriers at thirty minutes before dawn, about 200 miles south of Ceylon.• He found places where the waves bounced off the boundary and then returned to the surface near a large bank of seismographs.• The referee then went off the field to consult an officer at the touchline who waved us off the pitch.• I waved them off, then went slowly back inside.• Finally she stood at the door and waved us off through the garden entrance.
Examples from the Corpus
wave• The rapid delivery of the auctioneer is keyed to a wave or nod by those bidding on the animals.• Leona dismissed the servants with a wave of the hand.• The mayor has promised tough action in response to the city's rising crime wave.• As he approached it, the non-existent waves under his feet became clammy and smelt unpleasantly of chemicals.• Ten-foot waves crashed against the shore.• Soon, the craft was making its way through the darkness over twenty-foot waves and taking on water.• I gave him a friendly wave.• The country has been brought to a standstill by the latest wave of strikes.• Kelly's hair has a natural wave to it.• Security chiefs fear a new wave of terrorist bombings.• radio waves• The noise was pitched to a fury he located in the mind, a satisfying wave of rage and pain.• In addition, slow waves consistent with being asleep may occur during lapses in performance.• Economic fluctuations are unpredictable tidal waves.• Only your four top waves would count.
wave after wave• Chamden performed like men possessed and even had the audacity to mount wave after wave of attacks.• Fog is rolling in from the sea, wave after wave of whiteness.• Fran gasped, her whole body stiffening as wave after wave of heat enveloped her.
sound/light/radio wave• Radio waves are just one type. Radio waves are all around us.• The procedure employs sound waves to disintegrate kidney stones.• It is now something familiar to us-though still a very striking fact-that radio waves can actually carry energy!• The field theory progressed even more dramatically when, a few decades later, Hertz produced the radio waves predicted by the programme.• The radio waves may come not only from transmitters but power supplies, motors or other electrical devices.• These are similar to light waves, which are ripples of the electromagnetic field, but they are much harder to detect.• He also experimented with photography, and did significant early work with X-rays from 1896, and with radio waves from 1897.
a wave of the hand• On other sites it is no more than an amused smile and a wave of the hand.• They imparted with a wave of the hand a sense of inevitability to the details of their stories.
Wave after wave of• My arm dropped over the edge of the bed. Wave after wave of pain crashed over my body.
Waven noun
n1.American EnglishAmE infml a woman who is a member of a US navy volunteer1 group
Examples from the Corpus
wave• The Patrician waved a hand again.• She continued to wave as the car drove out of sight.• Who's that waving at you?• When he waved down a taxi, he saw that her hand ferreted in her bag.• Yolanda waved for us to come over.• Nelson was waving from the upstairs window.• Her parents stood in the doorway and waved goodbye.• "Get out of here!" he shouted, waving his gun.• A Confederate flag waves in the breeze and a Rottweiler named Cocoa Puff stands guard on the front porch.• The flag waved proudly in the breeze.• We turned one last time to wave to Mr Bunea and Maria.• The emperor waved to the crowd from the palace balcony.• She waved to the young man and called out something which he could not catch.• The guard at the desk waves us through.• The customs officer at the border waved us through.• Nanny held Artemis aside and told her to wave, which she did.
wave (somebody) goodbye• Beeby came to the door of Lloyd's house and waved us goodbye.• Standing on the battlements waving the galley goodbye, Elizabeth looked down - down the wall, and then down again.• All day he sees himself in the glass darkly and waves goodbye, goodbye, goodbye.• Andy is waving goodbye, Goodbye Goodbye.• As I waved her goodbye I was aware that the wheel had now turned full circle.• An hour later she had ordered a taxi and Paige had waved her goodbye in some bemusement.• He waved a general goodbye, said his thanks, and left.• I'd kiss your cheek and you'd wave me goodbye through the window.
waved ... in the air• Labour fingers jabbed at the Liberal Democrats, while Tory order papers were waved in the air.
Origin wave2
Old English wafian “to wave with the hands”

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