wave

noun

1. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon

e.g. a wave of settlers
troops advancing in waves

2. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair

3. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand

Synonym: wavingwafture

4. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth

Synonym: undulation

5. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)

Synonym: moving ridge

6. something that rises rapidly

e.g. a wave of emotion swept over him
there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right

7. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)

e.g. a heat wave

8. an undulating curve

Synonym: undulation

verb

1. set waves in

e.g. she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair

2. signal with the hands or nod

e.g. She waved to her friends
He waved his hand hospitably

Synonym: beckon

3. twist or roll into coils or ringlets

e.g. curl my hair, please

Synonym: curl

4. move or swing back and forth

e.g. She waved her gun

Synonym: brandishflourish

5. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion

e.g. The curtains undulated
the waves rolled towards the beach

Synonym: rollundulateflap

1. 挥(手)示意(或致意)
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.

e.g. Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her...
杰茜卡看到了洛伊丝，就冲她挥手致意。
e.g. He waved at the waiter, who rushed to the table...
他冲服务员招了招手，服务员就急忙跑到桌边。

2. 挥手示意(方向);挥手指引
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.

e.g. Leshka waved him away with a show of irritation...
廖什克恼火地挥手让他离开。
e.g. He waited for a policeman to stop the traffic and wave the people on...
他等着警察来让车辆停下，指挥人们前行。

3. 挥舞
If you wave something, you hold it up and move it rapidly from side to side.

e.g. Hospital staff were outside to welcome him, waving flags and applauding...
医院的工作人员都在外面一边挥动旗子一边鼓掌欢迎他。
e.g. She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
她经常会提高嗓门，双手胡乱挥舞。

4. 飘动;摆动;起伏
If something waves, it moves gently from side to side or up and down.

e.g. ...grass and flowers waving in the wind.
随风摇曳的花草

5. 波浪;(尤指)海浪
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.

wave的解释

e.g. ...the sound of the waves breaking on the shore.
海浪拍岸的声音

6. (头发的)波浪卷，鬈曲
If someone's hair has waves, it curves slightly instead of being straight.

wave什么意思

7. 冲击波
A wave is a sudden increase in heat or energy that spreads out from an earthquake or explosion.

e.g. The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran...
地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到。
e.g. The blast wave crushed the breath from Neil, but he survived.
爆炸冲击波震得尼尔喘不过气来，不过他还是得以幸存。

8. (声、光、无线电等的)波
Waves are the form in which things such as sound, light, and radio signals travel.

wave是什么意思

e.g. Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
声波、光波或无线电波等都有特定的频率，或者说是每秒的波数。

9. (情绪的)突发，高涨
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.

wave

e.g. She felt a wave of panic, but forced herself to leave the room calmly...
她感到一阵恐慌，但还是强作镇定地离开了房间。
e.g. A wave of sympathy for her swept Ireland...
爱尔兰举国上下都同情她。

10. (活动、行为的)爆发，浪潮
A wave is a sudden increase in a particular activity or type of behaviour, especially an undesirable or unpleasant one.

e.g. ...the current wave of violence.
目前的暴力浪潮
e.g. ...an even newer crime wave.
更新一波的犯罪风潮

11. (突然涌向某处的)人流
A wave is a sudden increase in the number of people moving somewhere.

e.g. A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
移民潮正席卷西欧。

12. 人群形成的波浪;人浪
If a crowd of people do the wave, each person in the crowd stands up and puts their arms in the air after the person to one side of them, then sits down again, creating a continuous wave-like motion through the crowd.

wave在线翻译

13. see also: long wave;medium wave;Mexican wave;new wave;short-wave;tidal wave

相关词组：wave asidewave down

1. 挥手：● 向队伍说话(Team Say) 让玩家可以输入些文字,只能让同队的队友看到. ● 挥手(Wave) 玩家可以用这个键来对其他玩家挥手. ● 下一个武器(Next Weapon) 换下一个可以使用的武器. ● 前一个武器(Previous Weapon) 换前一个可以使用的武器.

2. 浪：其中,<>(Lesbian Bedtime Story)、<>(Rain)和<>(Wave)等三本书,都曾经获得诚品成书单周销售排行榜前三名,也都曾经获得同志书店晶晶书库销售排行榜第一名.

3. wave：wav; 一种声音格式

4. wave：wide area voice exchange; 广域语音交换