waver

/ˈweɪvər/

意味: 迷う、揺れる

例文: Haruki didn’t waver in crisis.
　　  ハルキは危機でも迷わなかった。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: waver in decision(決断に迷う), waver in voice(声が震える), waver in support(支持が揺らぐ)

定義: 何かを決めるときに迷ったり、心が揺れ動くことを指します。また、声が震えたり、支持や信念が弱まることも表します。

waverは約2,000,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: someone who communicates by waving
Noun: the act of pausing uncertainly
Noun: the act of moving back and forth
Verb: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
Verb: be unsure or weak
Verb: move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Verb: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
Verb: move back and forth very rapidly
Verb: sway to and fro
Verb: give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

Her voice began to waver during the speech.(彼女の声はスピーチ中に揺れ始めた。)
Don’t waver in your decision to apply.(応募する決意を揺るがせないで。)
The candle flame started to waver in the wind.(風でろうそくの炎が揺れ始めた。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Noun: there was a hesitation in his speech
Verb: Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures
Verb: Their enthusiasm is faltering
Verb: the line on the monitor vacillated
Verb: the candle flickered

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): falter, faltering, flicker, flitter, fluctuate, flutter, hesitate, hesitation, quaver, quiver, vacillate, waffle, waver, weave

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): communicator, hesitate, motion, move, move back and forth, pause, swing, voice

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abduction, adduction, agitation, alarmist, allegorizer, announcer, arouse, articulator, asserter, assume, avower, beat, bob, body english, boggle, bolt, brachiate, broadcaster, brush, buck, bustle, cant, careen, chirk, chop, churn, circumduction, climb, close, conferee, conferrer, confessor, correspondent, crash, cut, cut to, dance, disturbance, diverge, dodge, drop back, duck, dwell on, eurythmy, exit, eye movement, falter, fetal movement, fidget, flex, flicker, flinch, fling, flip, flit, flow, fluctuate, flurry, fly, freeze, gesture, get down, gossip, grab, gravitate, headshake, heave, hesitation, hisser, hit the dirt, hop, hop on, hover, inclination, informant, intermission, inversion, jerk, jolt, jump, kick, kneel, lash, laudator, linger, list, lunge, lurch, make way, mill, mope, move back and forth, move involuntarily, move over, negotiator, nod, opening, oscillate, persuader, popularizer, presenter, promisee, promiser, propagandist, propagator, prostration, publicist, pulsate, putter, quaver, quicken, quoter, rambler, reach, reciprocate, reciprocation, reclining, reporter, respite, respondent, retraction, retroflection, roarer, rock, roll, rotation, run, seesaw, sender, separate, shake, shutting, sidle, signaler, signer, sitting, slip, snap, spread, squat, standing, startle, steal, stir, straddle, streak, stretch, strike out, stroke, stumble, swearer, sweep, swing, swoop, sympathizer, teeter, telepathist, throw, thunder, toss, turn, twaddler, vibrate, vibration, waffler, wallow, wamble, warner, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wirer, wobble, writer, writhe

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): boggle, dwell on, falter, hover

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: falter, faltering, flicker, fluctuation, flutter, fluttering, hesitancy, hesitant, hesitate, hesitater, hesitation, hesitator, quaver, vacillation, waffler, wave, waver, waverer, wavering

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): er

Exam Level

英検1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

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Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: fear, negative