Word · Frequency #1586
wave
挥手；招手
to move your hand from side to side, especially to greet someone or say goodbye
- 1.
To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
反复来回移动
- 2.
To generate a wave.
产生波浪
- 3.
To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
挥手(通常在肩膀以上)以示问候或告别
- 4.
To have an undulating or wavy form.
呈现波浪形或起伏形态
- 5.
To raise into inequalities of surface; to give an undulating form or surface to.
使表面不平整；使呈现波浪形或起伏形态
- 6.
To style (the hair) so as to produce a wavy texture.
将头发做成波浪状
- 7.
To swing and miss at a pitch.
挥棒未击中投球
- 8.
To cause to move back and forth repeatedly.
使反复来回移动
摆动；挥动；摇动；（使）呈波浪形；使起伏；把（头发）弄成波浪形；起浪；产生波浪；（棒球中）挥棒落空
In use
She waved at her friend across the street.
He waves to the bus driver every morning.
They were waving goodbye as the train left.
Verb forms
base wave · third person waves · -ing waving · past waved · past participle waved
规则动词
Connections
Collocations
- wave goodbye
- 挥手告别
- She waved goodbye to her friends at the station.她在车站向朋友们挥手告别。
- wave hello
- 挥手问候
- He waved hello from across the street.他在街对面挥手问候。
- wave one's hand
- 挥动手
- She waved her hand to get the waiter's attention.她挥了挥手以引起服务员的注意。
- wave to someone
- 向某人挥手
- The children waved to their parents as the bus left.公交车离开时，孩子们向父母挥手。
- wave a flag
- 挥动旗帜
- Fans waved flags to support their team.球迷们挥动旗帜为他们的球队加油。
- wave the white flag
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象海浪（wave）起伏时向朋友挥手（wave）告别：一个词，既是波浪，也是挥手。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：greeting someone from a distance、saying goodbye at a station、trying to get someone's attention 此处选取 wave 作动词的核心常用义项“挥手问候或告别”。该义项通常用于日常口语和普通书面语，正式程度为中性，比较常见于见面打招呼、道别或从远处引起别人注意的场合。若指水面起伏、物体摆动或烫发成波浪形，则属于其他义项，语境和语体会有所不同。
Grammar Note
及物动词表挥舞，不及物动词表波动
Pronunciation & Spelling
cave、save、brave、shave 与 wave 押韵，读音均含 /eɪv/。注意 have 发音为 /hæv/，weave 发音为 /wiːv/，都与 wave 不同。
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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