hover

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈhɒvə/|/ˈhʌvə/    美 /ˈhʌvɚ/|/ˈhɑvɚ/|/ˈhɔvə/|/ˈhavə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
  2. A flock of birds fluttering in the air in one place.
  3. An act, or the state, of being suspended; a suspension. figuratively
  4. A cover; a protection; a shelter; specifically, an overhanging bank or stone under which fish can shelter; also, a shelter for hens brooding their eggs. Southern-England
    — Oyſters grevv vpon boughs of trees (an Indian miracle) vvhich vvere caſt in [the pond] thither, to ſerue as a houer for the fiſh.
动词 v.
  1. To keep (something, such as an aircraft) in a stationary state in the air. transitive
  2. Of a bird: to shelter (chicks) under its body and wings; (by extension) of a thing: to cover or surround (something). transitive
    — Castration has a ſtrange effect: it emaſculates both man, beaſt, and bird, and brings them to a near reſemblance of the other ſex. […] Capons have ſmall combs and gills, and look pallid about the head, like pullets; they alſo vvalk vvithout any parade, and hover chickens like hens.
  3. Of a bird or insect: to flap (its wings) so it can remain stationary in the air. obsolete,transitive
    — O'er the deer Corps ſomtimes her vvings ſhe [an eagle] hovers, / Somtimes the dead breſt vvith her breſt ſhe covers, […]
  4. To remain stationary or float in the air. intransitive
    — The hummingbird hovered by the plant.
  5. Sometimes followed by over: to hang around or linger in a place, especially in an uncertain manner. figuratively,intransitive
    — His pen hovered above the paper.
  6. To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver. figuratively,intransitive
    — Filling in the voting form, I hovered between Labour and Liberal Democrat.
  7. Chiefly followed by over: to use a mouse or other device to place a cursor over something on a screen such as a hyperlink or icon without clicking, so as to produce a result (such as the appearance of a tooltip). intransitive
    — A tooltip appears when you hover over this link.
  8. To travel in a hovercraft as it moves above a water surface. intransitive

词形变化

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词汇关系

衍生词
hoverable hoverbarge hoverbike hoverboard hoverboat hovercam hovercar hoverchair hovercraft hovercycle hovered hoverer hover-height hovering hoveringly hoverjet hoverpack hoverport hoverslam hovertrain overhovering windhover hovercard hoverfly hover fly hover hand hover text
相关词
hove

词源

词源 1
The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.
词源 2
The verb is derived from Middle English hoveren (“to float in the air, hover; to stay”), probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”) (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix). Hoven is probably derived from Old English *hōfian, from hōfon, the plural past indicative form of hebban (“to lift, raise”), from Proto-West Germanic *habbjan, from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift; to heave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to hold, seize”). The English word is analysable as hove (“(obsolete) to remain suspended, float, hover; to linger, wait”) + -er (frequentative suffix).
The noun is derived from the verb.
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