wobble

• vi. 摇晃；摇摆；游移不定
• n. 摆动；摇晃；不稳定
• vt. 使摇摆；使颤动；摇动

来自PIE*webh，转，弯，编织，词源同web,weave。引申义摇摆。

wobble

wobble: see wave

wobble (v.)

1650s, wabble, probably from Low German wabbeln "to wobble;" cognate with Old Norse vafla "hover about, totter," related to vafra "move unsteadily," from Proto-Germanic *wab- "to move back and forth," perhaps from PIE *webh- "to weave" (see waver). Form with -o- is from 1851. Related: Wobbled; wobbling. The noun is attested from 1690s.

1. Don't wobble the desk when I'm writing.

我写字时你不要摇动桌子.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Don't wobble the desk.

别晃动桌子.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment.

当一些队员的入选招致许多不解的非议时，教练开始动摇了。

来自柯林斯例句

4. We might look for a tiny wobble in the position of a star.

我们也许会观察到恒星的位置微微地变动。

来自柯林斯例句

5. I have a good pair of skates, but no matter how tightly I lace them, my ankles wobble.

我有一双不错的溜冰鞋，可是不管我把鞋带系得多紧，脚脖子那里还是空落落的。

来自柯林斯例句