undulate

英 ['ʌndjuleɪt] 美 ['ʌndʒəleɪt]

• adj. 波动的；起伏的
• v. (使) 波动；(使) 起伏；(使) 震动

英英释义

Adjective:

1. having a wavy margin and rippled surface

Verb:

1. stir up (water) so as to form ripples

2. occur in soft rounded shapes;

   "The hills rolled past"
   

3. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;

   "The curtains undulated"
   "the waves rolled towards the beach"
   

4. increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves;

   "The singer's voice undulated"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. We soon see a field of wheat undulate in the breeze.
   我们很快看到一片在微风中起伏的麦田。

经典引文

• A couple of..girls swiveled and undulated to the disco-beat.

  出自：New York Times

• Perry undulated between half-awake stupors and sickly sweat-drenched sleep.

  出自： T. Capote

• A hill from which..the road, undulating straight onward, was visible.

  出自： I. Murdoch

词汇搭配

• undulate colony 波形菌落

近反义词

【近义词】

• ripple 涟漪
• roll 卷
• rise and fall 涨落, 盛衰
• swell （使）膨胀
• heave 用力举起
• surge 汹涌
• cockle [动]鸟蛤
• flap 拍打
• wave 波浪
• riffle 急流
• ruffle 褶饰