The word "hover" has multiple meanings as a verb. It can describe staying in one place in the air, like a bird or helicopter, or remaining in one place in a nervous or uncertain way, like a person hesitating. It can also refer to something staying at an uncertain level, like a price, or to placing a cursor over an item on a computer screen.
The word "hover" has multiple meanings as a verb. It can describe staying in one place in the air, like a bird or helicopter, or remaining in one place in a nervous or uncertain way, like a person hesitating. It can also refer to something staying at an uncertain level, like a price, or to placing a cursor over an item on a computer screen.
[VERB 动词]悬浮；（鸟、昆虫等）振翅悬停 To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly.
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Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers...
美丽的蝴蝶在野花上方飞舞。
A police helicopter hovered overhead...
一架警方直升机悬停在头顶上空。
Mist hovered in all the valleys.
所有的山谷都笼罩着一层雾气。
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[VERB 动词]逗留在一处；徘徊；踌躇 If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do.
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[V prep/adv]
Judith was hovering in the doorway...
朱迪丝在门口徘徊。
With no idea of what to do for my next move, my hand hovered over the board.
不知道下一步该怎么走，我一只手在棋盘上举落不定。
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[VERB 动词]处于不确定状态；犹豫不决 If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind.
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[Also V]
She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her...
3个月来她一直在死亡线上徘徊，而医生则在全力挽救她的生命。
Just as at the turn of the century, we hover between great hopes and great fears.
正如世纪之交时那样，我们再次在巨大的希望和忧虑之间彷徨不定。
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[VERB 动词]（价格、价值、分数等）上下波动左右摇摆 If something such as a price, value, or score hovers around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much.
[V prep/adv]
In September 1989 the exchange rate hovered around 140 yen to the dollar...
1989年9月，日元对美元的汇率一直在140比1的水平上下浮动。
His golf handicap hovered between 10 and 12.
他的高尔夫球差点一直在10杆到12杆之间徘徊。
Oxford
hover/ˈhɒvə(r); NAmEˈhʌvər/verb1[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)(of birds, helicopters,etc. 鸟、直升机等)to stay in the air in one place 翱翔；盘旋◆A hawk hovered over the hill.一只鹰在小山的上空翱翔。2[intransitive ](+ adv./prep.)(of a person 人)to wait somewhere, especially near sb, in a shy or uncertain manner 踌躇，彷徨（尤指在某人身边）◆He hovered nervously in the doorway.他在门口紧张地来回踱步。3[intransitive ]+ adv./prep.to stay close to sth, or to stay in an uncertain state 靠近（某事物）；处于不稳定状态◆Temperatures hovered around freezing.气温在冰点上下徘徊。◆He hovered on the edge of consciousness.他似醒非醒。◆A smile hovered on her lips.她的嘴上挂着一丝笑容。hoverhovershoveredhoveringhover/ˈhɒvə(r); NAmEˈhʌvər/
LDC
hoverhov‧er /ˈhɒvə $ ˈhʌvər, ˈhɑː-/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive] if a bird, insect, or helicopter hovers, it stays in one place in the airhover over/above flies hovering above the surface of the water2[intransitive] to stay nervously in the same place, especially because you are waiting for something or are not certain what to do: Her younger brother hovered in the background watching us.hover around/about I noticed several reporters hovering around outside the courtroom.3[intransitive always + adverb/preposition] if a level, price etc hovers around a certain amount, it stays close to that amount, only changing slightly up or downhover around/between etc The dollar has been hovering around the 110 yen level.4[transitive always + adverb/preposition] to put the cursor on something on a computer screen, using the mousehover something over something When you hover the cursor over the image, the title of the image appears.
WDF
hover
[ˈhɒvə(r)]hovered, hovering, hovers
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hovered[232] hovering[1702] hovers[292]
盘旋(55%)，徘徊(45%)
n.徘徊；盘旋；犹豫
vi.盘旋，翱翔；徘徊
vt.孵；徘徊在…近旁
n.(Hover)人名；(英、德)霍弗
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