| 词汇 | hovering |
| 释义 | hovering present participle ofhover hover verb uk /ˈhɒv.ər/ us /ˈhʌ.vɚ/ [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to stay in one place in the air, usually by moving the wings quickly: 盘旋，翱翔 A hawk hovered in the sky, waiting to swoop down on its prey.一只老鹰在天空中盘旋，要伺机俯冲捕捉猎物。 I heard the noise of a helicopter hovering overhead.我听到头顶上直升飞机盘旋的声音。 [ Iusually+ adv/prep ] to stand somewhere, especially near another person, eagerly or nervously waiting for their attention: 徘徊，守候 A waiter hovered at the table, ready to take our order.一名侍者守在桌子旁，等着我们点菜。 I could sense him behind me, hovering and building up the courage to ask me a question.我能感觉到他在我身后犹豫徘徊，想鼓起勇气问我一个问题。 [ I+ prep ] to stay at or near a particular level: （在某一水平附近）徘徊 hover atInflation is hovering at three percent.通货膨胀率在3%左右徘徊。 [ I+ adv/prep, T ] to put the cursor on a computer screen in a particular place without clicking on it: 把光标放在电脑屏幕上的某个位置 hover overThe link changes to green when the mouse hovers over it. 当光标放在链接文字上时，文字会变成绿色。 If you hover the mouse pointer over the entry, the full web address will be displayed.当你把光标放在这条记录上时，整个网站地址就会显示出来。 Movement through the air airborne buoyantly buzz flight flighted fly glide hang time hover levitate lift skim smoothness soar soaring stunt swish swishy swoop wheel You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Waiting Animal (non-human) behaviour Zoology: ornithology & bird-watching Keeping and staying the same Operating computers Examples of hoveringhovering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Hourly mean of hovering duration was negatively correlated with hourly nectar secretion rate. It was observed hovering in front of pistillate flowers on many occasions, but seldom landing. The slumbering lowered head half rises up to tell us that an interesting image is hovering before him. The voice, leaping and hovering in its highest range, mostly avoids the tonic. The split ego is again visually evident as we see the narrating alter ego hovering over what he and his wife experienced ten years ago. They ravaged the area, and have left white bones of the dead strewn everywhere with their souls hovering about. He groans and at the same instant folds both his arms as if trying to seize hold of the angel hovering above him. Moreover, separating attitude control from hovering control is effective for optimizing the controller, because control precision depends on attitude control precision. Consequently, the nectar resource is reserved only for hovering hummingbirds. Thought can be compared to a hovering cloud which gushes a shower of words (p. 281; emphasis in original). Hovering at a point enables effective observation of the target. The canopy itself could be more ephemeral and transparent - possibly a lower lattice layer with a transparent layer of glass hovering above. Though they had a relatively different set of participants, this poll also had a female participation rate hovering around fifteen per cent in 1998. Median hovering duration of the bats at the flowers was 320 ms (n = 1246 visits). Mean nectar production rate versus mean hovering duration per hour (c). These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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