hover
v[I, Ipr, Ip]
1 (of birds, etc) remain in the air in one place (指鸟等)遨翔, 盘旋
a hawk hovering above/over its prey 在猎物头顶上盘旋的一只鹰
There was a helicopter hovering overhead. 有一架直升飞机在头顶上盘旋.
2
(a) (of a person) wait in a timid and uncertain manner (指人)彷徨, 踌躇
I can't work with you hovering over me like that. 你那样拿不定主意, 我实在无法与你合作.
She's always hovering around the place annoying people. 她老是在周围转来转去打搅别人.
He hovered about outside, too afraid to go in. 他在外面犹豫徘徊, 因过於胆怯而不敢进去.
(b) remain near sth or in an uncertain state 留在某事物近旁; 维持某种不确定状态
hovering between life and death 处於生死之间
a country hovering on the brink of war 陷於战争边缘的国家.
No? Then, Antonio, be ready. And Shylock, take your knife and prepare to do the deed.
不能撕?那么,安东尼奥,你做好准备;夏洛克,拿起你的刀子准备割肉吧。
It then sends these signals down an ordinary telephone line to another fax machine, which changes the signals back into the shapes of letters.
然后把这些符号通过一条普通的电话线送到另一台传真机上,传真机又把符号变为字母形状。
Among the different types of bee, it is the honey bee that has most interested scientists because of the language they use to communicate with each other.