| 词汇 | waggle |
| 释义 | waggle verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈwæɡ.əl/ us /ˈwæɡ.əl/ to (cause to) move quickly up and down or from side to side: （使）上下（或左右）摇摆 waggle your earsHe can waggle his ears.他能让耳朵动来动去。 Her chin was waggling from side to side and her eyes and nose were screwed up. She waggled her index finger at me. Waggling the club as you address the ball will help you keep your arms loose. On the first tee I waggled my club confidently. Shaking, swinging and vibrating brandish earth-shaking flap flappy flourish fluff fluff something up reverberation reverberative ripple rock-a-bye shake out shakily sway thrash trembly tremulously vibrate vibration vibratory to move a golf club (= specially shaped stick for hitting the ball) backwards and forwards over the ball before moving it right back to hit the ball: He waggled but didn’t start his back swing. The golfers were told not to waggle the clubs but just to hit the ball. Golf approach shot best ball better ball bogey bogie caddy carry chip dogleg greenside hazard hole hole out lay someone up long game rough tap twosome wedge yip waggle noun[ C ] uk /ˈwæɡ.əl/ us /ˈwæɡ.əl/ the movement of a golf club (= specially shaped stick for hitting the ball) backwards and forwards over the ball before moving it right back to hit the ball: He teed up the ball, took a couple of waggles, and then swung. Through the waggle, she is trying to control or feel the clubhead right through the swing. She took hold of the club and gave it a few waggles. Two waggles and then he takes the club back. Golf approach shot best ball better ball bogey bogie caddy carry chip dogleg greenside hazard hole hole out lay someone up long game rough tap twosome wedge yip Examples of wagglewaggle Further observations, we are told, showed that the bees performed a sort of 'waggle dance' in the hive itself to indicate the distance to sources of food. Very often the driver goes one better than that, and the index finger is waggled in a sort of admonitory fashion at other drivers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They can waggle the rudder as much as they like, but it will have no effect. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Observations have suggested that different species of honeybees have different dialects of the waggle dance, each species or subspecies dance varying by curve or duration. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Recruited foragers may waggle dance as well, increasing the recruitment for highly rewarding flower patches. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In bees, knowledgeable workers perform a waggle dance to guide naive workers to an identified food source. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In tropical habitats, honey bee foraging is severely impaired if waggle dancing is prevented. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. They are ultimately successful and waggle the plane's wings, alerting the fighter. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. As females fly overhead the males waggle their heads from side to side, shake their wings and call. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. On the straight stretch, the bee waggles with her posterior. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In temperate habitats, honey bee colonies routinely perform the waggle dance, but can still successfully forage when the dance is experimentally obscured. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The consumption of ethanol by foraging bees has been shown to reduce waggle dance activity and increase occurrence of the tremble dance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Honeybees use two kinds of dances to communicatethe round dance and the waggle dance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. There are two main hypotheses to explain how foragers recruit other workers -- the waggle dance or dance language theory and the odor plume theory. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. It may also spread the scent released during the forager's waggle dance. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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