oscillate
US: /ˈɑsəˌɫeɪt/
UK: /ˈɒsɪlˌeɪt/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
oscillate /'ɔsileit/- động từ
- lung lay, đu đưa
- lưỡng lự, do dự; dao động
- (kỹ thuật) dao động
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [V]1 ~ (between A and B) (formal) to keep changing from one extreme of feeling or behaviour to another, and back again: Her moods oscillated between depression and elation.
2 (physics) to keep moving from one position to another and back again: Watch how the needle on the dial oscillates.
3 (physics) (of an electric current, radio waves, etc.) to change in strength or direction at regular intervals
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
fluctuate, vibrate, waver, see-saw, swing, sway; vacillate, equivocate, shilly-shally, hem and haw, tergiversate:
The needle is oscillating between the 'Safe' and 'Danger' marks. I wish he'd stop oscillating and make up his mind.
Concise dictionary
oscillates|oscillated|oscillating'ɑsɪleɪt /'ɒs-verb
+be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
+move or swing from side to side regularly
