wobble

verb

1. （使）摇摆，摇晃
   to move from side to side in an unsteady way; to make sth do this
   1. This chair wobbles.
      这把椅子不稳。
   2. Her voice wobbled with emotion.
      她激动得声音发颤。
   3. Don't wobble the table─I'm trying to write.
      别摇桌子，我在写字呢。
2. 一摇一摆地走
   to go in a particular direction while moving from side to side in an unsteady way
   1. He wobbled off on his bike.
      他摇摇晃晃地骑着自行车走了。
3. 犹豫不决；信心动摇
   to hesitate or lose confidence about doing sth
   1. Yesterday the president showed the first signs of wobbling over the issue.
      昨天总统第一次在这个问题上表现得有些摇摆不定。

noun

1. 松动；摇晃
   a slight unsteady movement from side to side
   1. The handlebars developed a wobble.
      这车把松动摇晃了。
2. 犹豫不决；信心动摇
   a moment when you hesitate or lose confidence about sth
   1. The team is experiencing a mid-season wobble.
      这支队正处于赛季中期的不稳定状态。

1. VERB 摇摆;摇晃
   If something or someone wobbles, they make small movements from side to side, for example because they are unsteady.
   1. The table wobbled when I leaned on it...
      我往桌上一靠，桌子就摇晃了起来。
   2. Just then, Bart returned, wobbling on his skates...
      就在这时，巴特摇摇晃晃地滑着轮滑回来了。
   3. I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path...
      我险些被一个摇摇晃晃迎面而来的骑车人撞倒。
   4. He placed one hand heavily on a fragile, wobbling table.
      他把一只手重重地放在一张摇摇晃晃的桌上。
   5. Wobble is also a noun.
      
   6. We might look for a tiny wobble in the position of a star.
      我们也许会观察到恒星的位置微微地变动。
2. VERB (人或政府)动摇，摇摆不定
   If a person or government wobbles, they suddenly appear less secure or less sure about something.
   1. The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment.
      当一些队员的入选招致许多不解的非议时，教练开始动摇了。
   2. Wobble is also a noun.
      
   3. Even a small wobble will hurt its banks, which have roughly $120 billion in outstanding property loans.
      哪怕稍有波动也会殃及其银行，各银行有大约1,200亿美元未偿房贷。

1. I have a good pair of skates, but no matter how tightly I lace them, my ankles wobble.
   我有一双不错的溜冰鞋，可是不管我把鞋带系得多紧，脚脖子那里还是空落落的。
2. The table wobbled when I leaned on it
   我往桌上一靠，桌子就摇晃了起来。
3. Just then, Bart returned, wobbling on his skates
   就在这时，巴特摇摇晃晃地滑着轮滑回来了。
4. I narrowly missed a cyclist who wobbled into my path
   我险些被一个摇摇晃晃迎面而来的骑车人撞倒。
5. He placed one hand heavily on a fragile, wobbling table.
   他把一只手重重地放在一张摇摇晃晃的桌上。
6. The coach began to wobble when some of his team selections provoked much baffled comment.
   当一些队员的入选招致许多不解的非议时，教练开始动摇了。
7. Don't wobble the desk.
   别晃动桌子。
8. In either direction they wobble over the jungle floor as far as the eye can see.
   无论什么方向，都能看到它们在丛林的地面上摇摇摆摆地爬行。
9. Then, for days on end there does not seem to be a wobble ( as per LISS) and earthquakes sharply decrease in number and magnitude.
   然后，在最终天不似乎是一个摆动（每LISS）和地震在数量和规模大幅减少。
10. It is to compute hydrological excitation of Chandler wobble due to variation of soil moisture and water which is equivalent snow depth over land and to compare the result, together with atmospheric and to oceanic excitations, with astronomical observations.
    分析计算了由陆地上土壤湿度和积雪水当量变化引起的水文变化对钱德勒摆动的激发作用，并将其和大气、海洋激发一起与天文观测激发作了比较。
11. It then developed into a polar wobble, with the N Pole being pushed away.
    然后这个摆动发展为了一种极性的摆动，地球的北极被推离。
12. Detection of the ellipticity and the direction of long axis of the Chandler wobble
    对钱德勒摆动椭率及长轴方向的检测
13. No sooner had I removed my shirt than my resolution began to wobble.
    刚脱掉衬衫，我的决心就开始动摇了。
14. This will also help people not tumble over the side in a strong breeze or if the scaffolding should wobble a bit while they're carrying a load.
    这也将有助于人们不要跌倒在强风中，如果一方或脚手架应该有点摇晃，而他们正背着一个负载。
15. MINUSES: There is some wobble, and the exit is not perfectly vertical.
    缺点：有一点摆动，结束时没有完全地垂直。
16. If a star has a companion, it will seem to wobble as it moves across the sky.
    如果一颗恒星有一颗伴星，那么当它横越天空运动时，它似乎是摇来摆去。
17. Hydrological, Atmospheric and Oceanic Excitations of Chandler Wobble
    水文、大气和海洋对钱德勒摆动的激发
18. In a severe wobble, there is momentum, first to one side, then the other.
    在这个很严重的抖动中，会存在有着冲量，先到一边，然后又到另外一边。
19. Last week's brief wobble over the record US November trade deficit seems to have been forgotten.
    上周因美国11月份创纪录的贸易逆差而产生的短暂波动似已被人遗忘。
20. Earth's wobble causes water to be retained in an uneven manner around the globe much like a centrifuge.
    地球的摆动就象一个离心分离机，使水域以不均匀的方式分布在全球。
21. His many fat Chins wobble when he laughs.
    他笑时，几层肥下巴就会抖动。
22. You'll spill my coffee if you wobble the table like that!
    如果你那样摇晃桌子的话，就会泼了我的咖啡。
23. In other cases, evidence leads to the conclusion that planets must be causing the wobble.
    在另一些情况下，由这些证据可得出行星必定要引起摆动的结论。
24. Until the Earth wobble, and the tide changes it produces, is admitted and taken into account, the real reason for an increase in dead zones will not be understood.
    一直到地球抖动时，人类承认并考虑了海潮改变了其产物，但他们不会懂得死区中（不良循环）增长的真正原因。
25. Us resolve appeared to wobble yesterday.
    美国的决心昨天似乎动摇了。
26. The location of the North geographic pole wanders in a small erratic circle-like path called the Chandler wobble.
    北地极的位置以一个被称作张德勒摆动的小的、无规律的、似圆形的路径漂移。
27. But the stockmarket wobble raises concerns.
    然而股市的波动还是引起了人们的关注。
28. Unfortunately for them, solar cycles do not cause an Earth wobble, not have they ever, in man's history, caused earthquakes or plate movement.
    但他们很不幸，太阳周期并不会引起地球抖动，在人类的历史上从来就没有引起过地震和板块运动。
29. The vibration isolation technology for a wobble plate engine is researched.
    研究了斜盘发动机的隔振技术。
30. Please don't wobble the desk about when I'm trying to write.
    我写字时请不要摇晃桌子。

noun

1. an unsteady rocking motion

verb

1. move unsteadily
   1. His knees wobbled
   2. The old cart wobbled down the street

   Synonym:    coggle

2. tremble or shake
   1. His voice wobbled with restrained emotion

   Synonym:    shimmy

3. move sideways or in an unsteady way
   1. The ship careened out of control

   Synonym:    careenshifttilt