释义 |
oscillateos‧cil‧late /ˈɒsəleɪt $ ˈɑː-/ verb [intransitive] oscillateOrigin: 1700-1800 Latin past participle of oscillare ‘to swing’, from oscillum ‘swing’ VERB TABLEoscillate |
Present | I, you, we, they | oscillate | | he, she, it | oscillates | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | oscillated | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have oscillated | | he, she, it | has oscillated | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had oscillated | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will oscillate | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have oscillated |
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Present | I | am oscillating | | he, she, it | is oscillating | | you, we, they | are oscillating | Past | I, he, she, it | was oscillating | | you, we, they | were oscillating | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been oscillating | | he, she, it | has been oscillating | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been oscillating | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be oscillating | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been oscillating |
- an oscillating fan
- For several days the stock market oscillated wildly.
- 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.
► Electricalalternator, 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 |