詞彙精選：wave的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
波浪
例句：
At the seaside we can hear the snarl of the wave.
在海濱我們可以聽見波濤的咆哮。
例句：
I heard the sound of the waves breaking on the shore.
我聽到海浪拍岸的聲音。
波動
例句：
Sleep is a wave of thought about nothingness.
睡眠是有關虛無的意識波動。
例句：
The wave nature of the particle produces a bunching effect.
粒子的波動性質產生了成羣的效應。
揮手
例句：
Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand.
史蒂夫把手一揮，制止了他。
例句：
Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her.
傑茜卡看到了洛伊絲，就衝她揮手致意。
高潮
例句：
Wait until this wave of prosperity is over!
等這波繁榮高潮結束！
例句：
The recent ruling sparked off a wave of protests in the capital.
最近的規定激起了首都一陣抗議高潮。
捲曲
例句：
Could you please set the wave a little looser than usual?
你能把卷度弄的比平時鬆些嗎？
（聲、光、無線電等的）波；衝擊波
例句：
Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
聲波、光波或無線電波等都有特定的頻率，或者說是每秒的波數。
例句：
The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran.
地震帶來的衝擊波在德黑蘭也能感覺到。
（情緒的）突發，高漲
例句：
A wave of sympathy for her swept Ireland.
愛爾蘭舉國上下都同情她。
例句：
The loneliness and grief comes in waves.
孤獨和悲傷不斷涌上心頭。
（活動、行爲的）爆發，浪潮
例句：
A wave of train robberies followed the Reno brothers' startling hold-up.
雷諾兄弟搶劫火車得手之後，帶動了一波火車劫案的風潮。
例句：
The government worries about the current wave of violence.
政府擔心目前的暴力浪潮。
人流；人浪
例句：
A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
移民潮正席捲西歐。
例句：
But I confess it was me that started the wave.
但我必須承認是我掀起了人浪場面。
v.
搖擺，波動，起伏；飄揚 [I,T]
例句：
Bright flags wave, hands play, the crowd roars its approval of the parade of athletes.
彩旗飄揚，樂曲齊奏，觀衆對列隊行進的運動員報以雷鳴般的歡呼和掌聲。
例句：
Grass and flowers wave in the wind.
花草隨風搖曳。
（向…）揮手示意 [I,T]
例句：
The candidate wave his hand to acknowledge the cheer of the crowd.
候選人揮手對大衆的歡呼表示感謝 。
例句：
He waved the servants out of the tent.
他揮手讓僕人們退到帳篷外。
卷（燙）發；（使）成波形 [I,T]
例句：
She has had her hair waved.
她燙髮了。
例句：
She has waved her hair beautifully.
她把頭髮燙得很美。
揮舞，搖動 [I,T]
例句：
The guard wave his flag and the train leave the station.
列車長搖動手中的旗子，火車隨之開出車站。
例句：
She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
她經常會提高嗓門，雙手胡亂揮舞。
二、詞義辨析：
wave,ripple,surge
這些名詞均有“波浪、浪、波濤”之意。wave普通用詞，指水面上移動的任何具有峯谷皺形的波動，尤指距離相等的波浪，也比喻任何類似的物體。ripple多指微風吹過水麪或石頭投入水中所激起的漣漪或細浪。surge詞義較模糊，泛指巨浪、波濤或作比喻使用。
三、相關短語：
acoustic wave
聲波
brain wave
n. 腦電波
cold wave
n.寒潮,冷燙
electromagnetic wave
n. 電磁波
heat wave
n. 熱浪
radio wave
n.無線電波
shock wave
n. 衝擊波
sound wave
n.音波
standing wave
n.[物]駐波
tidal wave
n. 潮汐波,浪潮
wave theory of light
n. 光波理論
short wave
n.短波
四、參考例句：
The wave overturned the boat.
海浪掀翻了小船。
A rogue wave swamped the boat...
兇猛的海浪淹沒了船隻。
Let me wave to him to come .
讓我揮手叫他過來。
A wave of panic swept over her.
一陣恐慌襲上她的心頭。
Greek fans applaud and wave flags.
希臘觀衆鼓掌並揮動旗子。
The wave curled over the surfer.
波浪從衝浪運動員頭上盤旋而過。
Wave speed equals frequency times wavelength.
波速等於頻率乘以波長。
A freak wave had buckled the deck.
突然掀起的巨浪打彎了甲板。
The wave heaved the boat on land.
海浪把船推舉到岸邊。
Grass and flowers wave in the wind.
花草隨風搖曳。
