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单词 wobbling
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wobblingn.

Brit. /ˈwɒbl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈwɒblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɑb(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see wobble v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wobble v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < wobble v. + -ing suffix1.
The action of wobble v. (in various senses); an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] > wobbling
wobbling1759
wobble1823
1759 Mod. Part Universal Hist. VIII. 190 The main difficulty is to keep the vessel steady on its rhumb, which is next to impossible, considering the smallness of their rudder, and the stretching and wabbling of the ropes to which it is fastened.
1782 W. Cowdroy Vaporish Man i. ii. 6 Why you don't call him an Englishman, do you? a fellow who never heard the wobbling of a pot..in his life!
1836 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. xxvii. 127 No wabblin' of his hind parts, but steady as a pump bolt.
1847 N.Y. Commerc. Advertiser 27 Oct. 2 Leverrier's calculations gave the mass of the unknown planet, by which the ‘wabblings’ of Herschell [sc. the planet Uranus] were to be set right, at so much.
1861 E. A. Beaufort Egyptian Sepulchres II. xvi. 26 He nearly fell off his mule with the excess of the wabbling.
1907 Athenæum 27 Apr. 513/2 Here..is a slight wobbling in the artist's intention.
1921 Music & Musicians Jan. 10/3 The voice was steady. In these days of wobbling and tremolo, what a joy, that ‘straight line’ tone of Caruso!
2007 New Scientist 27 Oct. 93/4 London's Millennium bridge..is fitted with tuned mass dampers to stop its infamous wobbling.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

wobblingadj.

Brit. /ˈwɒblɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwɑb(ə)lɪŋ/
Forms: see wobble v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wobble v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < wobble v. + -ing suffix2.
That wobbles (in various senses of the verb).
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > wobbling
wobbling1657
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 62 Cockroches, a creature..of a pure hair-colour, which would set him off the better, if he had not an ugly wabling gate.
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xxx. 99 [An old man] Shaking his loose-flesh'd wabbling chaps.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. 140 Its [sc. the bat's] evening flight, and its unsteady wabbling motion, amuse the imagination.
1821 J. Clare Rustic Fishing in Village Minstrel ii. 101 Still wobbling curves keep wavering like a bite.
1883 G. Grove Dict. Music III. 509/2 His whole singing was a bad wobbling trill.
1898 Catholic News 21 May 8/4 It cannot be said that the constituency is a wobbling one.
1914 Washington Post 18 Oct. 3/3 There is none of the wobbling rhetoric of Wells.
1984 A. Maupin Babycakes (1989) xviii. 121 He steadied the wobbling pole.
2011 Atlantic Dec. 82/1 That familiar sound of wobbling rubber wheels on concrete.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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