| 单词 | hover |
| 释义 | hover (once / 433 pages) 1v 2v A hover craft flies low over the ground or water — it hovers. Hover can also mean waver. Think of someone that can’t decide exactly where to land. To help remember the meaning of hover, think of it as containing the preposition over: things that hover hang over. A temperature can hover around forty degrees, a grade in a class can hover around a B. WORD FAMILYhover: hovered, hovering, hovers USAGE EXAMPLESThe moniker was ridiculed by Republicans as the unemployment rate still hovered around 9.5%. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) Last year, a Kentucky man did just that to a neighbor’s drone after it hovered over his property one too many times. Salon(Dec 30, 2016) From an “airborne fulfillment center” hovering near the stadium, Amazon would dispatch a drone with your purchase. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v hang in the air; fly or be suspended above Hypo|Hyper poise be motionless, in suspension fly, wing travel through the air; be airborne 2v be suspended in the air, as if in defiance of gravity Syn levitate levitate cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity 3v hang over, as of something threatening, dark, or menacing 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper brood, bulk large, loom dominate, eclipse, overshadow be greater in significance than hang be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive 1v linger or remain near a place Syn|Hyper linger hesitate, waffle, waver pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness 2v be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action Syn|Hypo|Hyper oscillate, vacillate, vibrate shillyshally be uncertain and vague hesitate, waffle, waver pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness |
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