hover /ˈhɒvə/ CET6 TEM4 ( hovering, hovered, hovers )

• 1. 

  V-I To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forward or backward. Many birds and insects can hover by moving their wings very quickly. (鸟、昆虫等通过快速扇动翅膀在原地) 盘旋

  例：

  Beautiful butterflies hovered above the wild flowers.

  美丽的蝴蝶在野花上方盘旋。

• 2. 

  V-I If you hover, you stay in one place and move slightly in a nervous way, for example because you cannot decide what to do. (人) 徘徊

  例：

  Judith was hovering in the doorway.

  朱迪丝在门口徘徊。

• 3. 

  V-I If you hover, you are in an uncertain situation or state of mind. 处于不稳定状态

  例：

  She hovered on the brink of death for three months as doctors battled to save her.

  3个月来在医生们奋力挽救她的生命的过程中，她一直处在死亡的边缘。

• 4. 

  V-I If something such as a price, value, or score hovers around a particular level, it stays at more or less that level and does not change much. (价格、价值或分数等) 徘徊 (在某个水平上下)

  例：

  In September 1989 the exchange rate hovered around 140 yen to the dollar.

  在1989年9月，汇率一直在140日元比1美元左右徘徊。