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wave noun | verb
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wave / wev ; weIv /noun
1. SEA 大海, Ca line of raised water that moves across the surface of the sea海浪，波涛:
•Dee watched the waves breaking on the shore.迪伊注视着波涛拍岸。
•a ship riding the ocean waves 破浪而行的轮船
•A powerful tidal wave (=very large wave) struck Jamaica, killing 2000.一场巨大的海啸袭击牙买加，2000 人遇难。
•the white crests of the waves白色的浪尖
2. INCREASE 增强, C usually singulara sudden increase in a particular type of behaviour, activity, or feeling〔行为、活动或感情的〕一阵; 风潮，浪潮:
a wave of anger / sympathy / relief etc
•There was a wave of public sympathy for her when she died.在她去世的时候，民众中间出现了一波吊唁浪潮。
a wave of terror / fear / panic
•A wave of panic spread through the crowd.一阵恐慌在人群中蔓延。
a wave of nausea / dizziness / tiredness
•A wave of nausea swept over me.一阵恶心向我袭来。
a wave of violence / attacks / bombings
•the recent wave of terrorist bombings最近一轮恐怖主义炸弹袭击浪潮
•the latest crime wave to hit New York最近袭击纽约的犯罪浪潮
3. PEOPLE AND THINGS 人和事物, Ca sudden increase in the number of people or things arriving at the same time〔人或物的〕突现，大量涌现，…潮:
[+ of ]
•a new wave of immigrants一股新的移民潮
•They faced wave after wave of fresh troops.他们遭遇了一批又一批增援的部队。
4. LIGHT AND SOUND 光和声, Cthe form in which some types of energy such as light and sound travel光波; 声波:
sound / light / radio wave声波/光波/无线电波
⇒LONG WAVE,MEDIUM WAVE,SHORT WAVE
5. SIGNAL 信号, C usually singulara movement in which you raise your arm and move your hand from side to side挥手; 招手:
•He dismissed her with a wave of the hand .他摆摆手让她离开。
6. Ca feeling or activity that happens again and again in a series〔情绪或行为的〕一阵一阵:
•The pain swept over him in waves .疼痛一阵阵向他袭来。
•Wave after wave of aircraft passed overhead.一批又一批飞机从头顶飞过。
7. HAIR 头发, C usually plurala loose curl in your hair〔头发的〕波浪形鬈曲
8. make waves informalto cause problems, especially when you should not制造麻烦:
•With so many jobs already cut, he didn't want to make waves.已经有那么多人被裁员，他可不想惹麻烦。
9. new wave a new style of music, art, film etc that is very different and unusual〔艺术风格的〕新浪潮，新流派:
•new wave music新浪潮音乐
[+ of ]
•the new wave of Black feminist theorists新涌现的这批黑人女权主义理论家
10. C usually singularAmEan 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〔指看比赛时观众此起彼伏的情形〕;SYNMexican wave BrE
11. the waves literarythe sea大海
⇒AIRWAVES,SHOCK WAVE
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waveverb
1. HAND 手, I,Tto raise your arm and move your hand from side to side in order to make someone notice you（向…）挥手，招手:
[+ to / at ]
•She turned to wave to the approaching soldiers.她转身向走来的士兵挥挥手。
•Enid waved at us and we waved back.伊妮德向我们挥手，我们也向她挥手。
wave (sb) goodbye (=say goodbye to someone by waving to them)（向某人）挥手道别
•The nurses came out to wave Grandad goodbye.护士们出来跟爷爷挥手道别。
2. MOVE 移动, I,Tif you wave something, or if it waves, it moves from side to side上下起伏; 左右摇晃; 挥动，摆动〔某物〕:
•The starter waved a green flag to indicate that the race would begin.发令员挥动绿旗，示意比赛马上开始。
•a tree waving in the breeze在微风中摇曳的树
•He waved a hand in the air to attract her attention.他挥着一只手想吸引她的注意。
wave sth under / at etc sb / sth
•Trudie waved a $50 bill under his nose.特鲁迪拿着一张 50 美元的钞票在他鼻子底下晃了晃。
wave sth around / about
•The stranger spoke rapidly, waving his arms around.那个陌生人挥舞着双臂急急地说着。
3. SIGNAL 信号, T always + adv / prepto show someone which way to go by waving your hand in that direction对〔某人〕挥手示意:
wave sb through / on / away etc
•The border guards waved us through.边防哨兵挥手示意我们通过。
•Peter waved them back to their seats.彼得挥挥手让他们坐回自己的位子。
4. wave sth goodbye / wave goodbye to sth informalto be forced to accept that something you want will not happen与某事挥别〔指被迫接受不如意的结局〕:
•If you're not careful, you can wave goodbye to any pay rise this year.不仔细点的话，你今年别想加工资。
5. wave a magic wand to make a bad situation better, even though this is impossible挥动魔杖〔让坏事变好〕:
•I can't wave a magic wand and change what happened.我没有办法挥动魔杖改变已经发生的事。
6. HAIR 头发, I,Tif hair waves, or if it is waved, it forms loose curls（使）呈波浪形，（使）变曲
 PHRASAL VERBS 
wave sth ↔ aside
to ignore someone's opinion or ideas because you do not think they are important对〔某人的意见或主意〕不屑一顾，不理会:
•He waved her protests aside.他对她的抗议置之不理。
wave sb / sth ↔ down
to signal to the driver of a car to stop by waving at them挥手示意…停车:
•People in passing cars tried waving him down.一辆辆车驶过，里面的人挥手示意他停车。
wave sb ↔ off phr v
to wave goodbye to someone as they leave 挥手送别:
•Are you coming to the station to wave me off?你来车站给我送行吗？

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