wobbler

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who or that which wobbles.
  2. A person who is undecided, and might go to either side.
    — Towns fell to him like so many houses of cards; and the fall of each town represented not only an accession to the prestige of the Royalist commander but a physical accession of strength as the wobblers flocked to the successful army.
  3. A stone that rocks from side to side as it travels because it is not resting on its running surface.
  4. A case that could go either way depending on factors that cannot be controlled. colloquial
  5. A class of crime that can be charged as a lower penalty or a higher penalty, e.g. a crime punishable as either a misdemeanor or a felony at the discretion of the prosecutor. colloquial
  6. A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
  7. A sudden unexpected outburst of anger or rage; a tantrum. Commonwealth,Ireland,UK,slang
  8. a Salafi. Ireland,UK,derogatory,slang
  9. A small publicity notice which appears to float at eye level, being attached to a fixture by a flexible arm.
    — A wire "Wobbler" holds a card for counter display
  10. The end of the roll in a roller mill for shaping steel.
  11. A boiled leg of mutton.

词形变化

wobblers plural

词汇关系

衍生词
foot-wobbler shelf-wobbler wobbler disease wobbler syndrome wobblette

词源

Etymology tree
English wobble
English -er
English wobbler
From wobble + -er.
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