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单词 wave
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wave
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The word wave has many different meanings, but they all have to do with an undulating motion or shape. A wave that washes up on a beach has the same kind of back-and-forth movement as a crowd of baseball fans doing "the wave" in the stands.
Use the verb wave to describe a greeting that includes a hand motion, from the enthusiastic flapping wave of a little kid meeting his dad at the airport to the prim wave of a Queen acknowledging her subjects. In physics, when you talk about a sound wave, there is a similar kind of rise and fall. Two Old English root words of wave are wæfre, "wavering or restless," and wagian, "to move to and fro."
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wave / waive

To wave is to move to and fro, like when you wave your hand. Hello there! To waive, with a sneaky "i," is to give up your right to do something.

Waves come in many forms. You can wave your hand, a hanky, or even a baseball hat to say hello or acknowledge someone, as in this example:

Fans around the green gave him a standing ovation, and Guan waved his baseball cap in acknowledgment.

A wave is also that big moving hill of water you can surf on:

Surfing students exercise on their boards before hitting the waves.

Other things are called waves, too — if a lot of people come in somewhere, for example, call it a wave of people. It's often used as a metaphor for things that act like ocean waves:

Maybe the great wave of social change has simply crested.

To waive, on the other hand, is to surrender, as in give up your rights to something. If you go scuba diving at a resort, you might have to waive your right to sue if something goes wrong. Here are some examples:

It also announced a mandatory arbitration clause, forcing users to waive their rights to participate in a class action lawsuit except under very limited circumstances.

Meanwhile, following budget cuts, the LOC board members have waived their salaries.

Waive is always a transitive verb, so you have to waive something. The other kind of wave doesn't need an object — although you can wave your hat, you don't have to. You can just wave. If you waive your salary, even for a good cause, you can wave goodbye to your money!

WORD FAMILY
wave: microwave, waved, wavelet, wavelike, waver, waves, waving, wavy+/microwave: microwaved, microwaves, microwaving/unwavering: unwaveringly/wavelet: wavelets/waver: wavered, waverer, wavering, wavers/waverer: waverers/wavering: unwavering, waveringly, waverings/waving: wavings/wavy: wavier, wavily, waviness
USAGE EXAMPLES
The U.S. semiconductor industry is facing an unprecedented wave of consolidations, with mergers and acquisitions in the sector valued last year at over $100 billion.
Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017)
Saturday’s collapse set off large waves that eroded part of the older sea cliff and lava viewing area.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
Bright’s trucking business failed in 2008, due in part, he said, to a wave of bad debt.
Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017)
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1n (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
undulation
gravitation wave, gravity wave
(physics) a wave that is hypothesized to propagate gravity and to travel at the speed of light
sine wave
a wave whose waveform resembles a sine curve
oscillation, vibration
(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean
fluctuation
a wave motion
seiche
a wave on the surface of a lake or landlocked bay; caused by atmospheric or seismic disturbances
standing wave, stationary wave
a wave (as a sound wave in a chamber or an electromagnetic wave in a transmission line) in which the ratio of its instantaneous amplitude at one point to that at any other point does not vary with time
traveling wave, travelling wave
a wave in which the medium moves in the direction of propagation of the wave
acoustic wave, sound wave
(acoustics) a wave that transmits sound
wave form, wave shape, waveform
the shape of a wave illustrated graphically by plotting the values of the period quantity against time
blast wave, shock wave
a region of high pressure travelling through a gas at a high velocity
impulse, pulsation, pulse, pulsing
(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)
flap, flapping, flutter, fluttering
the motion made by flapping up and down
ripple
(electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
solitary wave, soliton, soliton wave
(physics) a quantum of energy or quasiparticle that can be propagated as a traveling wave in nonlinear systems and is neither preceded nor followed by another such disturbance; does not obey the superposition principle and does not dissipate
air wave
a sound wave that is transmitted via air
transient
(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load
sonic boom
an explosive sound caused by the shock wave of an airplane traveling faster than the speed of sound
beat
a single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations
resonance
a vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
sympathetic vibration
(physics) vibration produced by resonance
motion, movement
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
2n an undulating curve
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undulation
sine curve, sinusoid
the curve of y=sin x
curve, curved shape
the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
3n one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
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moving ridge
breaker, breakers, surf
waves breaking on the shore
backwash, wake
the wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forward
swash
the movement or sound of water
riffle, ripple, rippling, wavelet
a small wave on the surface of a liquid
crestless wave, swell
the undulating movement of the surface of the open sea
lift, rise
a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground
billow, surge
a large sea wave
tidal wave
a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun
tidal wave
an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide
tsunami
a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption
roll, roller, rolling wave
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
comber
a long curling sea wave
white horse, whitecap
a wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
ground swell, heavy swell
a broad and deep undulation of the ocean
motion, movement
a natural event that involves a change in the position or location of something
4n the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
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wafture, waving
brandish, flourish
the act of waving
gesture, motion
the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals
5v move or swing back and forth
She waved her gun
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
brandish, flourish
wigwag
send a signal by waving a flag or a light according to a certain code
displace, move
cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense
6v move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
flap, roll, undulate
luff
flap when the wind is blowing equally on both sides
move
move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion
7v signal with the hands or nod
She waved to her friends
He waved his hand hospitably
Syn|Hyper
beckon
gesticulate, gesture, motion
show, express or direct through movement
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1n a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
Hypo|Hyper
finger wave
a wave made with the fingers
perm, permanent, permanent wave
a series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicals
coif, coiffure, hair style, hairdo, hairstyle
the arrangement of the hair (especially a woman's hair)
2v set waves in
she asked the hairdresser to wave her hair
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marcel
make a marcel in a woman's hair
gauffer, goffer
make wavy with a heated goffering iron
perm
give a permanent wave to
arrange, coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set
arrange attractively
3v twist or roll into coils or ringlets
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
curl
crape, crimp, frizz, frizzle, kink, kink up
curl tightly
twist
turn in the opposite direction
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1n a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
a wave of settlers
troops advancing in waves
Hyper
motility, motion, move, movement
a change of position that does not entail a change of location
2n something that rises rapidly
a wave of emotion swept over him
there was a sudden wave of buying before the market closed
a wave of conservatism in the country led by the hard right
Hyper
rise
a growth in strength or number or importance
3n a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
a heat wave
Hypo|Hyper
cold wave
a wave of unusually cold weather
heat wave
a wave of unusually hot weather
atmospheric condition, conditions, weather, weather condition
the atmospheric conditions that comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation
Wave
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WORD FAMILY
Wave: Waves
USAGE EXAMPLES
Prosecutors say he rented the penthouse flat in China cheaply from a shareholder of broadcast company Wave Media.
BBC(Jan 02, 2017)
The cinematography of “Louie” was more artful, often drawing from the French New Wave.
Salon(Jan 02, 2017)
The Green Wave trailed by as many as 39 points.
Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017)
n a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch
Hyper
reservist
a member of a military reserve
adult female, woman
an adult female person (as opposed to a man)
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