wave, ripple, surge

名詞 wave:

1. one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)
   同義詞：moving ridge
2. a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenon
3. (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth
   同義詞：undulation
4. something that rises rapidly
5. the act of signaling by a movement of the hand
   同義詞：waving, wafture
6. a hairdo that creates undulations in the hair
7. an undulating curve
   同義詞：undulation
8. a persistent and widespread unusual weather condition (especially of unusual temperatures)
9. a member of the women's reserve of the United States Navy; originally organized during World War II but now no longer a separate branch

動(dòng)詞 wave:

1. signal with the hands or nod
   同義詞：beckon
2. move or swing back and forth
   同義詞：brandish, flourish
3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion
   同義詞：roll, undulate, flap
4. twist or roll into coils or ringlets
   同義詞：curl
5. set waves in

1. The flag waved in the wind.
   旗幟在風(fēng)中飄揚(yáng)。
2. She has a natural wave in her hair.
   她的頭發(fā)自然卷曲。

wave

v.（動(dòng)詞）
waved,wav.ing,waves
v.intr.（不及物動(dòng)詞）
To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.
起伏，擺動(dòng)：在空氣中來(lái)回上下自由擺動(dòng)，如樹枝在風(fēng)中一般
To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand:
揮手示意：以手或手中所持之物上下或來(lái)回?cái)[動(dòng)示意：
例句：
waved as she drove by.
她開車而過(guò)時(shí)揮手示意

To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl:
呈波形：有起伏或波浪之形狀；打卷或蜷曲：
例句：
Her hair waves naturally.
她的頭發(fā)自然卷曲

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly:
使搖晃：使來(lái)回或上下移動(dòng)，一次地或重復(fù)地：
例句：
She waved a fan before her face.
她在面前搖著扇子

To move or swing as in giving a signal:
揮手示意：如發(fā)出信號(hào)時(shí)晃動(dòng)或揮手：
例句：
He waved his hand.See Synonyms at flourish
他揮手示意參見 flourish

To signal or express by waving the hand or an object held in the hand:
揮手表示：揮動(dòng)手或手中之物發(fā)出信號(hào)或表示：
例句：
We waved good-bye.
我們揮手道別

To signal (a person) to move in a specified direction:
揮手指揮：指示（某人）在特定方向運(yùn)動(dòng)：
例句：
The police officer waved the motorist into the right lane.
警官揮手指揮騎摩托車者進(jìn)入右道

To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations:
使呈波形：使呈卷兒、鉤兒或波浪狀：
例句：
wave one`s hair.
燙發(fā)

n.（名詞）

A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water.
波浪：大水體表面運(yùn)動(dòng)而成的脊?fàn)罨蚵∑鹛?/br>A small ridge or swell moving across the interface of two fluids and dependent on surface tension.
波動(dòng)：依賴表面張力的運(yùn)動(dòng)穿過(guò)兩種流質(zhì)界面的小脊?fàn)罨蚵∑?/br>Often waves The sea:
常作 waves 海：
例句：
vanished beneath the waves.
消失在大海下面

Something that suggests the form and motion of a wave in the sea, especially:
波狀物：類似海中波浪形狀和運(yùn)動(dòng)的東西，尤指：
A moving curve or succession of curves in or on a surface; an undulation:
波狀運(yùn)動(dòng)：表面上運(yùn)動(dòng)的波或波的系列；起伏：
例句：
waves of wheat in the wind.
風(fēng)中的麥浪

A curve or succession of curves, as in the hair.
卷曲：卷曲或一系列卷曲，如頭發(fā)
A curved shape, outline, or pattern.
波紋：波紋形狀、外廓或形式
A movement up and down or back and forth:
揮動(dòng)：上下或來(lái)回的運(yùn)動(dòng)：
例句：
a wave of the hand.
揮手

A surge or rush, as of sensation:
情緒高漲，情緒突發(fā)：情緒的高漲或突發(fā)，如激動(dòng)時(shí)：
例句：
a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.
一陣眩暈；一陣義憤

A sudden great rise, as in activity or intensity:
高漲：如行動(dòng)或緊張度等的突然升高：
例句：
a wave of panic selling on the stock market.
股市的一陣混亂拋售

A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals:
風(fēng)潮：牽涉了大量個(gè)人的增高趨勢(shì)：
例句：
a wave of conservatism.
保守主義風(fēng)潮

One of a succession of mass movements:
波：大批量連續(xù)運(yùn)動(dòng)之一批：
例句：
the first wave of settlers.
第一波定居者

A maneuver in which fans at a sports event simulate an ocean wave by rising quickly in sequence with arms upraised and then quickly sitting down again in a continuous rolling motion.
人浪：運(yùn)動(dòng)賽事的觀眾模仿海浪的操演，快速連續(xù)站起來(lái)、舉起手、然后又以連續(xù)滾動(dòng)的運(yùn)動(dòng)很快坐下
A widespread, persistent meteorological condition, especially of temperature:
氣溫突變：大范圍、持續(xù)的天氣情況，尤指溫度上的：
例句：
a heat wave.
熱浪

Physics
【物理學(xué)】
A disturbance traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.
波，振動(dòng)：穿過(guò)介質(zhì)的振動(dòng)，通過(guò)振動(dòng)使能量從介質(zhì)的一個(gè)粒子傳送到另一個(gè)粒子而并不導(dǎo)致介質(zhì)本身的永久變位
A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.
示波圖：這樣的振動(dòng)隨時(shí)間變化的圖示
A single cycle of such a disturbance.
這種振動(dòng)的一個(gè)周期

來(lái)源：
Middle English waven
中古英語(yǔ) waven
from Old English wafian * see webh-
源自 古英語(yǔ) wafian *參見 webh-

【引伸】
wav.er
n.（名詞）