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单词 oscillate
释义
oscillateos‧cil‧late /ˈɒsəleɪt $ ˈɑː-/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINoscillate
Origin:
1700-1800 Latin past participle of oscillare ‘to swing’, from oscillum ‘swing’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
oscillate
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyoscillate
he, she, itoscillates
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyoscillated
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave oscillated
he, she, ithas oscillated
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad oscillated
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill oscillate
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have oscillated
Continuous Form
PresentIam oscillating
he, she, itis oscillating
you, we, theyare oscillating
PastI, he, she, itwas oscillating
you, we, theywere oscillating
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been oscillating
he, she, ithas been oscillating
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been oscillating
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be oscillating
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been oscillating
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • an oscillating fan
  • For several days the stock market oscillated wildly.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A stock index does not oscillate with such frightening amplitude as we have witnessed recently unless to announce some tectonic change ahead.
  • Ah, yes: Maxwell showed that oscillating an electric charge is just the mechanism that causes light waves to be produced.
  • Compressed air oscillates the ventricles, circulating blood around the body.
  • I kept oscillating from too far forward to too far back.
  • Only if neutrinos do have some mass, however small, can they oscillate from one type to another.
  • There is a vertical line in spirituality that goes from the beast to the angel, and on which we oscillate.
word sets
WORD SETS
alternator, nounarc, nounblow, verbcapacitor, nouncathode, nouncell, nouncharge, nouncharge, verbcharger, nouncircuit, nouncircuit board, nouncircuit breaker, nouncircuitry, nouncoil, nouncondenser, nounconnection, nouncontact, nouncord, nouncordless, adjectivecurrent, nounDC, dimmer, noundirect current, noundischarge, verbdischarge, nounE, earth, nounearth, verbelectric, adjectiveelectrician, nounelectricity, nounelectrics, nounelectrode, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronics, nounfuel cell, nounfuse, verbfuse box, nounfused, adjectivegrid, nounlive, adjectivelive wire, nounmagic eye, nounmagneto, nounnegative, adjectiveneutral, adjectivenoise, nounoscillate, verboscillator, nounoutlet, nounphotoelectric, adjectivephotoelectric cell, nounpin, nounplug, nounpoint, nounpre-set, adjectiveprinted circuit, nounprogramme, nounprogramme, verbpulse, nounremote control, nounresistance, nounresistor, nounscan, verbscanner, nounshort, nounshort, verbshort circuit, nounshort-circuit, verbsocket, nounsolid-state, adjectivesonar, nounsuperconductivity, nounsuperconductor, nounterminal, nountime switch, nountoggle switch, nountorch, nountransformer, nountransistor, nounvacuum tube, nounvalve, nounW, wire, nounwiring, nounzapper, noun
1formal to keep changing between two extreme amounts or limits:  The stock market is oscillating wildly at the moment.oscillate between His income oscillated between £1,500 and £2,000 a month.2formal to keep changing between one feeling or attitude and anotheroscillate between Her attitude towards me oscillated between friendship and hostility.3to move backwards and forwards in a regular way:  The needle on the dial began to oscillate.4technical if an electric current oscillates, it changes direction very regularly and very frequently
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