Tra từ wave - Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

wave UK US [weɪv] verb intransitive or transitive [ waves waving waved ]

MOVE HAND

1. <I > to raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling them to do something or adding emphasis to an expression
• I waved to/at him from the window but he didn't see me.
• I was waving my hand madly but he never once looked in my direction.
• She was so annoyed she wouldn't even wave us goodbye/wave goodbye to us.
• She waves her hands about/around a lot when she's talking.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Welcoming, greeting and greetings ↑Gestures with the hands or arms

2. wave sb away/on, etc.
to make a movement with your hand which tells someone to move in a particular direction
• You'll have to wait till the policeman waves this line of traffic on.
• You can't just wave me away as if I were a child!
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Gestures with the hands or arms

• He would always turn and wave at the end of the street.
• They waved at us as we drove by.
• Mary waved at the man but he didn't seem to notice.
• She suddenly espied someone waving at her from the window.
• I wished her a safe journey and waved her off.

MOVE REPEATEDLY

3. to move from side to side, or to make something move like this while holding it in the hand
• The corn waved gently in the summer breeze.
• A crowd of football fans ran down the street waving banners.
• He seems to think I can wave a magic wand and everything will be all right.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Shaking, swinging and vibrating

CURL HAIR

4. If hair waves, it curls slightly.
• If she leaves her hair to dry on its own, it just waves naturally.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Hairdressing
Idiom: say goodbye to something
Phrasal Verbs: wave somebody down ▪ wave somebody off ▪ wave something aside

noun countable

WATER

1. <A > a raised line of water which moves across the surface of an area of water, especially the sea
• At night, I listened to the sound of the waves breaking/crashing against the shore.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Waves

• A large wave swept away half the sandcastle.
• The boat was swamped by an enormous wave.
• Wind and wave power are now being seriously canvassed as the solution to our energy problems.
• A huge wave capsized the yacht.
• The murmur of the waves on the beach lulled me to sleep.

HAND MOVEMENT
2. <A > when you raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, etc
• Give Grandpa a wave goodbye, Alice, you won't see him till next week.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Welcoming, greeting and greetings ↑Gestures with the hands or arms

ENERGY

3. <A > the pattern in which some types of energy, such as sound, light and heat, are spread or carried
• radio waves
Thesaurus⁺: ↑The state of matter

• The microphone converts acoustic waves to electrical signals for transmission.
• The unit emits an electromagnetic wave.
• Radio Seven transmits on 201 medium wave.
• Waves of light and sound are transmitted in every direction.
• These sound waves travel at over 1000 feet per second.

LARGE NUMBER

4. <A > a larger than usual number of events of a similar, often bad, type, happening within the same period
• a crime wave
• In the 1970s, the country came close to collapse as it was swept by a wave of strikes.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Order and sequence ↑Simultaneous and consecutive

5. a new/second, etc. wave of sth
an activity which is happening again or is being repeated after a pause
• A new wave of job losses is expected this year.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Repeating an action

• The Met Office says that the heat wave will continue for most of the week.
• The vineyard is representative of the new wave of wine producers.
• Wave on wave of refugees has crossed the border to escape the fighting.
• This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peace talks.
• A wave of strikes swept the country.

STRONG FEELING
6. A wave of an emotion or feeling is a sudden strong feeling which gets stronger as it spreads
• A wave of panic swept through the crowd and people started running.
See also brainwave
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Strong feelings

HAIR CURVES
7. a series of slight curves in a person's hair
• Your hair has a natural wave whereas mine's just straight and boring.
See also wavy
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Hair
Idioms: make waves ▪ wave upon wave