oscillate

英 [ˈɒsɪleɪt]

美 [ˈɑːsɪleɪt]

v.  (情感或行为)摇摆，变化; 摆动; 振动; 波动; 振荡

第三人称单数：oscillates　现在分词：oscillating　过去式：oscillated　过去分词：oscillated　

IELTSGRE

Collins.1 / BNC.15486 / COCA.19205

牛津词典

verb

• （情感或行为）摇摆，波动，变化
  to keep changing from one extreme of feeling or behaviour to another, and back again
  1. Her moods oscillated between depression and elation.
     她的情绪时而抑郁，时而亢奋。
• 摆动；振动
  to keep moving from one position to another and back again
  1. Watch how the needle on the dial oscillates.
     仔细看仪表盘上的指针如何摆动。
• 波动；振荡
  to change in strength or direction at regular intervals

柯林斯词典

• VERB 摆动；（大小）来回变化
  If an objectoscillates, it moves repeatedly from one position to another and back again, or keeps getting bigger and smaller.
  1. I checked to see if the needle indicating volume was oscillating.
     我查看了那根音量指针是否在摆动。
• VERB （水平、价值等）波动，浮动
  If the level or value of somethingoscillates betweenone amount and another, it keeps going up and down between the two amounts.
  1. The share price has oscillated between a five-year high of 157.25p in 1997 and this year's low of 91.5p...
     股价一直在1997年创下的5年间最高点157.25便士和今年的最低点91.5便士之间浮动。
  2. Oil markets oscillated on the day's reports from Geneva.
     石油市场因当天来自日内瓦的报道出现了起伏。
  3. ...an oscillating signal of microwave frequency.
     微波频率的波动信号
• VERB （情绪、态度或行为）摇摆
  If youoscillate betweentwo moods, attitudes, or types of behaviour, you keep changing from one to the other and back again.
  1. The president of the Republic oscillated between a certain audacity and a prudent realism.
     该共和国总统施政风格时而大胆冒进，时而谨慎务实。

英英释义

verb

• move or swing from side to side regularly
  1. the needle on the meter was oscillating
  Synonym:vibrate
• be undecided about something
  1. He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
  Synonym:hovervibratevacillate

双语例句

• To swayfrom one side to the other; oscillate.
  摇摆从一边摇向另一边；摇动。
• Not unlike Wall Street, Western commentary on China tends to oscillate between extremes of fear and greed.
  面对中国，西方评论界与华尔街相差不大，总是倾向于在恐惧与贪婪这两个极端之间摇摆。
• Pin4 is the VCO output, which will oscillate regardless of input.
  引脚4是压控振荡器的输出，这将振荡无论投入。
• To vary from or oscillate randomly about a fixed setting, position, or mode of operation.
  改变固定的环境、位置或工作模式或在其附近随意摇摆。
• The electric and magnetic fields oscillate perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the direction the light is traveling.
  它的电场与磁场以互相垂直的方向振荡，并垂直于光的行进方向。
• He seemed to oscillate between very drunk and icy sober.
  他似乎是在酩酊大醉和完全清醒之间摆来摆去。
• So the liquid now is here, and then I release it, and it will start to oscillate.
  现在液体在这里，我松开，它开始摆动。
• Be sure your Gunn diode doesn't oscillate at audio or HF as well.
  确信你的耿氏二极管没有同时在音频或高频振荡。
• In the case of homogeneous broadening only one mode can normally oscillate.
  对于均匀加宽的情况，只有一个模能正常地振荡。
• On an oscilloscope, you can see an electrical current oscillate up and down.
  在示波器上面你可以看到一股电流上下振动。