n.[C]

1. 波，波浪
2. （手之）挥动，挥手示意
   He gave me a wave.

   他对我挥手。

3. 浪潮；（情绪的）高涨；（活动等的）高潮[（+of）]
   A wave of anger swept over him.

   他心头涌起一股怒潮。

4. 【物】波；振动
5. （头发的）卷曲，烫发

vt.

1. 对……挥（手、旗等）
   He waved the servant out of his room.

   他挥手叫仆人离开房间。

2. 向……挥手示意；挥手表示（致敬、告别等）[O][O1]
   Martin waved us goodbye.

   马丁向我们挥手告别。

3. 使成波形；卷（发），烫（发）

vi.

1. 挥手（或旗等）示意
   She waved at him.

   她对他挥手。

2. 起伏；摇动；飘扬
   The flags were waving in the wind.

   旗帜在风中飘扬。

3. （头发等）呈波形；卷曲
   Her hair waves naturally.

   她的头发自然鬈曲。

v.

1. move one's hand to and fro in greeting or as a signal.
   ▸move (one's hand or arm, or something held in one's hand) to and fro.
   ▸ (wave someone/thing down) wave one's hand to stop a driver or vehicle.
   ▸ (wave something aside) dismiss something as unnecessary or irrelevant.
2. move to and fro with a swaying motion while remaining fixed to one point.
3. style (hair) so that it curls slightly.
   ▸(of hair) grow with a slight curl.

n.

1. a ridge of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore or between two depressions in open water.
   ▸ (the waves) literary the sea.
2. a sudden occurrence of or increase in a specified phenomenon or emotion:
   a crime wave.
3. a gesture or signal made by waving one's hand.
4. a slightly curling lock of hair.
   ▸a tendency to curl in a person's hair.
5. Physics  a periodic disturbance of the particles of a substance which may be propagated without net movement of the particles, as in the passage of undulating motion or sound.
   ▸a single curve in the course of this motion.
   ▸a similar variation of an electromagnetic field in the propagation of light or other radiation.