oscillate

oscillate

意味(日本語)

振動する、バッカスの祭りで「小さな面」を枝にかけて風にゆすらせる

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意味(英語)

  • (verb-intransitive) To swing back and forth with a steady, uninterrupted rhythm.
  • (verb-intransitive) To waver, as between conflicting opinions or courses of action; vacillate: "The court has oscillated over the decades from more liberal to less, more conservative to less, depending upon who was president at the time of vacancies” ( Gordon J. Humphrey). See Synonyms at swing.
  • (verb-intransitive) Physics To vary between alternate extremes, usually within a definable period of time.

例文

  • She was, however, uneasy when she heard the strange whistling sound produced by their irregular passage through the dark night air, and when the violence of their movements made the basin oscillate, she lay down tremblingly at the bottom of her golden basin, and then carefully gathered her garments around her, lest they should come in contact with the dark man.

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振動、発振

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発振器

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osculum

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誇示、虚飾、みせかけ

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