词汇精选：wave的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
波浪
例句：
At the seaside we can hear the snarl of the wave.
在海滨我们可以听见波涛的咆哮。
例句：
I heard the sound of the waves breaking on the shore.
我听到海浪拍岸的声音。
波动
例句：
Sleep is a wave of thought about nothingness.
睡眠是有关虚无的意识波动。
例句：
The wave nature of the particle produces a bunching effect.
粒子的波动性质产生了成群的效应。
挥手
例句：
Steve stopped him with a wave of the hand.
史蒂夫把手一挥，制止了他。
例句：
Jessica caught sight of Lois and waved to her.
杰茜卡看到了洛伊丝，就冲她挥手致意。
高潮
例句：
Wait until this wave of prosperity is over!
等这波繁荣高潮结束！
例句：
The recent ruling sparked off a wave of protests in the capital.
最近的规定激起了首都一阵抗议高潮。
卷曲
例句：
Could you please set the wave a little looser than usual?
你能把卷度弄的比平时松些吗？
（声、光、无线电等的）波；冲击波
例句：
Sound waves, light waves, and radio waves have a certain frequency, or number of waves per second.
声波、光波或无线电波等都有特定的频率，或者说是每秒的波数。
例句：
The shock waves of the earthquake were felt in Teheran.
地震带来的冲击波在德黑兰也能感觉到。
（情绪的）突发，高涨
例句：
A wave of sympathy for her swept Ireland.
爱尔兰举国上下都同情她。
例句：
The loneliness and grief comes in waves.
孤独和悲伤不断涌上心头。
（活动、行为的）爆发，浪潮
例句：
A wave of train robberies followed the Reno brothers' startling hold-up.
雷诺兄弟抢劫火车得手之后，带动了一波火车劫案的风潮。
例句：
The government worries about the current wave of violence.
政府担心目前的暴力浪潮。
人流；人浪
例句：
A wave of immigrants is washing over Western Europe.
移民潮正席卷西欧。
例句：
But I confess it was me that started the wave.
但我必须承认是我掀起了人浪场面。
v.
摇摆，波动，起伏；飘扬 [I,T]
例句：
Bright flags wave, hands play, the crowd roars its approval of the parade of athletes.
彩旗飘扬，乐曲齐奏，观众对列队行进的运动员报以雷鸣般的欢呼和掌声。
例句：
Grass and flowers wave in the wind.
花草随风摇曳。
（向…）挥手示意 [I,T]
例句：
The candidate wave his hand to acknowledge the cheer of the crowd.
候选人挥手对大众的欢呼表示感谢 。
例句：
He waved the servants out of the tent.
他挥手让仆人们退到帐篷外。
卷（烫）发；（使）成波形 [I,T]
例句：
She has had her hair waved.
她烫发了。
例句：
She has waved her hair beautifully.
她把头发烫得很美。
挥舞，摇动 [I,T]
例句：
The guard wave his flag and the train leave the station.
列车长摇动手中的旗子，火车随之开出车站。
例句：
She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about.
她经常会提高嗓门，双手胡乱挥舞。
二、词义辨析：
wave,ripple,surge
这些名词均有“波浪、浪、波涛”之意。wave普通用词，指水面上移动的任何具有峰谷皱形的波动，尤指距离相等的波浪，也比喻任何类似的物体。ripple多指微风吹过水面或石头投入水中所激起的涟漪或细浪。surge词义较模糊，泛指巨浪、波涛或作比喻使用。
三、相关短语：
acoustic wave
声波
brain wave
n. 脑电波
cold wave
n.寒潮,冷烫
electromagnetic wave
n. 电磁波
heat wave
n. 热浪
radio wave
n.无线电波
shock wave
n. 冲击波
sound wave
n.音波
standing wave
n.[物]驻波
tidal wave
n. 潮汐波,浪潮
wave theory of light
n. 光波理论
short wave
n.短波
四、参考例句：
The wave overturned the boat.
海浪掀翻了小船。
A rogue wave swamped the boat...
凶猛的海浪淹没了船只。
Let me wave to him to come .
让我挥手叫他过来。
A wave of panic swept over her.
一阵恐慌袭上她的心头。
Greek fans applaud and wave flags.
希腊观众鼓掌并挥动旗子。
The wave curled over the surfer.
波浪从冲浪运动员头上盘旋而过。
Wave speed equals frequency times wavelength.
波速等于频率乘以波长。
A freak wave had buckled the deck.
突然掀起的巨浪打弯了甲板。
The wave heaved the boat on land.
海浪把船推举到岸边。
Grass and flowers wave in the wind.
花草随风摇曳。
