wave goodbye
collocation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。
挥手；招手
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挥手；招手
to move your hand from side to side, especially to greet someone or say goodbye
She waved at her friend across the street.
她向街对面的朋友挥手。
反复来回移动
To move back and forth repeatedly and somewhat loosely.
产生波浪
To generate a wave.
挥手(通常在肩膀以上)以示问候或告别
To move one's hand back and forth (generally above the shoulders) in greeting or departure.
呈现波浪形或起伏形态
To have an undulating or wavy form.
wave
Base
原形
waves
3rd person
第三人称单数
waving
-ing
现在分词
waved
Past
过去式
waved
Past participle
过去分词
She waves at me every morning.
她每天早上都向我挥手。
He waved goodbye to his friends yesterday.
他昨天向朋友们挥手告别。
The flag is waving in the wind.
旗帜在风中飘扬。
规则动词
He waves to the bus driver every morning.
他每天早晨向公交车司机挥手。
They were waving goodbye as the train left.
火车离开时他们挥手告别。
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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。
挥手问候
He waved hello from across the street.
他在街对面挥手问候。
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。
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。
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。
挥白旗（表示投降或认输）
After hours of debate, they finally waved the white flag.
经过数小时的辩论，他们最终挥白旗认输。
对…说再见；放弃对…的希望
If you keep spending like this, you can wave goodbye to your savings.
如果你继续这样花钱，你就要和你的积蓄说再见了。
认输；投降
After months of resistance, the company finally waved the white flag and accepted the takeover.
经过数月的抵抗，公司最终举起白旗，接受了收购。
挥动魔杖；轻易解决问题
You can't just wave a magic wand and make all your debts disappear.
你不能只是挥挥魔杖，就让所有债务消失。
在空中挥舞双手，仿佛你根本不在乎。
From the 1993 hip-hop song 'Hip Hop Hooray' by Naughty by Nature. The lyric urges the crowd to raise and wave their hands, and it has become a widely known party chant.
出自1993年Naughty by Nature乐队的嘻哈歌曲《Hip Hop Hooray》。这句歌词号召人群举起并挥舞双手，已成为广为人知的派对口号。
我不是在挥手，我是在溺水。
From the song 'Waving Through a Window' in the Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen. The line metaphorically expresses feeling desperate for help while being perceived as casually greeting.
出自托尼奖获奖音乐剧《致埃文·汉森》中的歌曲《Waving Through a Window》。这句歌词以隐喻方式表达了一种渴望帮助却被误认为是在随意打招呼的绝望感受。
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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。
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。
及物动词表挥舞，不及物动词表波动
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