Word · Frequency #11436
waver
摇摆；晃动；颤抖
A back-and-forth or swinging movement; a tremble.
- 1.
An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
摆动；颤抖
- 2.
One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
挥手者；摆动者
- 3.
A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
决心开始动摇或表现出动摇迹象的状态；退缩。
- 4.
A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
专门烫发使头发成波浪形的人；烫发师。
- 5.
A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
犹豫不决；动摇
- 6.
A tool used to make hair wavy.
卷发器
犹豫；踌躇；动摇；减弱；挥手者；(使某物)摆动的人；烫发器；卷发器；烫发师
In use
There was a noticeable waver in her resolve when the plan changed.
A tiny waver in his voice showed his nervousness.
She handled the difficult question without a single waver.
Connections
Collocations
- without a waver
- 毫不犹豫地
- She answered the question without a waver.她毫不犹豫地回答了这个问题。
- a waver in resolve
- 决心上的动摇
- There was a waver in his resolve when he heard the news.听到这个消息时，他的决心出现了动摇。
- a slight waver
- 轻微的颤抖；一丝犹豫
- I noticed a slight waver in her voice.我注意到她的声音微微发颤。
- the waver of a flame
- 火焰的摇曳
- The waver of the candle flame cast dancing shadows on the wall.烛火的摇曳在墙上投下舞动的影子。
Pop culture & quotes
- We will not waver; we will not tire; we will not falter, and we will not fail.
- 我们不会动摇；我们不会疲倦；我们不会退缩；我们不会失败。From U.S. President George W. Bush's address to a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, expressing national resolve in the war on terror.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
waver 里藏着 wave（波浪），像波浪一样摇摆不定，决心动摇。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：in a novel、in formal speech、in a hair salon waver 作名词时，不同义项的语体有差异：表‘动摇、颤抖、犹豫’的义项通常用于书面或文学语境，语气较正式；表‘挥手的人’的义项较中性；表‘烫发师’的义项属行业用语。实际使用时应先判断具体义项。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 waver 同韵（/eɪvə/）的词：saver、shaver、flavour（英式拼写）。注意看似同尾的 clever、over、fever 发音不同。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，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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