| 单词 | fluctuating |
| 释义 | fluctuating (once / 4454 pages) adj Fluctuating describes something that has unpredictable ups and downs. Fluctuating often refers to changing numbers or quantities of something, like fluctuating stock prices that go up and down. The word fluctuating originated in the 1600s, coming from the Latin word fluctuatus, a form of fluctuare, which means "to undulate." If something is fluctuating, it's unstable — it can swing back and forth. When the weather is fluctuating that means it can change at any moment, dumping snow on your town one minute and then producing warm weather the next. Moods, demand, morals, prices — anything that has unpredictable shifts can be described as fluctuating. WORD FAMILYfluctuating: fluctuatingly, unfluctuating+/fluctuate: fluctuated, fluctuates, fluctuating, fluctuation/fluctuation: fluctuations USAGE EXAMPLESOpener Keaton Jennings hit a debut century as England reached 288-5 on a fluctuating first day of the fourth Test against India in Mumbai. BBC(Dec 08, 2016) The boy is given oxygen; latex gloves are filled with warm water to stop his temperature from fluctuating wildly. Economist(Oct 20, 2016) “Oil prices are likely to remain choppy, fluctuating in tandem with news flow,” the bank said in a report. New York Times(Nov 29, 2016) adj having unpredictable ups and downs fluctuating prices Syn unsteady subject to change or variation |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。