oscillate
                                        英 ['ɒsɪleɪt]
美 ['ɑsɪlet]
                                        
- vt. 使振荡;使振动;使动摇
 
- vi. 振荡;摆动;犹豫
 
 
                                            
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            1. oscill- + -ate.
                                                
            oscillate 使摇摆,波动来自拉丁语os,嘴,词源同oral,-cill,小词后缀。原指在葡萄园入口处挂上的酒神Bacchus的面具,相当于庇佑符,以保佑葡萄丰收。因这个小面具常在风中摇摆,最终词义俗化,引申词义波动,使摇摆。
 
                                    
            - oscillate
 - oscillate: [18] Latin ōs originally meant ‘mouth’ (it was the source of English oral), but it was also used for ‘face’. Its diminutive form ōscillum ‘little face’ was applied to a mask depicting the god Bacchus that was hung up as a charm in vineyards, to be swung to and fro by the breeze. In due course its meaning broadened out to ‘swing’ generally, and a verb ōscillāre ‘swing’ was derived from it – whence English oscillate.
=> oral - oscillate (v.)
 - 1726, back-formation from oscillation, or else from Latin oscillatus, past participle of oscillare (see oscillation). From 1917 in electronics. Related: Oscillated; oscillating.
 
 
                                    
            
                 - 1. On an oscilloscope, you can see an electrical current oscillate up and down. 
  - 在示波器上面你可以看到一股电流上下振动.
  来自《简明英汉词典》
 
- 2. In the case of homogeneous broadening only one mode can normally oscillate. 
  - 对于均匀加宽的情况,只有一个模能正常地振荡.
  来自辞典例句
 
- 3. He seemed to oscillate between very drunk and icy sober. 
  - 他似乎是在酩酊大醉和完全清醒之间摆来摆去.
  来自辞典例句
 
- 4. It is true that system could oscillate back - wards and forwards in this dead zone. 
  - 不过,系统在这个死区内可能会发生来回的振荡.
  来自辞典例句
 
- 5. The standard EBU model can not drive combustion to oscillate. 
  - EBU模型不包含燃烧振荡机理.
  来自互联网