wavering  /w'evɚɪŋ/

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資料來源(1): Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]

  Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wavered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Wavering}.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering,
     restless. See {Wave}, v. i.]
     1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other;
        hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
  
              With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
                                                    --Ld. Berners.
  
              Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror
              to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be
        undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
  
              Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x.
                                                    23.
  
              In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver,
              or fall off and join with idols.      --Milton.
  
     Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See {Fluctuate}.

資料來源(2): WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]

  wavering
       adj : uncertain in purpose or action [syn: {vacillant}, {vacillating}]
       n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: {hesitation}, {vacillation}]
       2: the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations;
          "he kept a record of price fluctuations" [syn: {fluctuation}]