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waver

['weɪvə] брит. / амер.

гл.

  1. колыхаться

  2. колебаться, быть в нерешительности

  3. дрогнуть

  4. развеваться, полоскаться (о флаге и т. п.)

AmericanEnglish (En-Ru)

waver

  1. колебаться

  2. мигать (о свете)

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"That's — " Eddie began, meaning to add ridiculous, but before he could get it out, the world seemed to waver on its axis.
— Это… — начал Эдди, с намерением добавить, нелепо, но, прежде чем произнес это слово, мир задрожал на своей оси.
King, Stephen / The Dark Tower 6: The Song of SusannahКинг, Стивен / Темная башня 6: Песнь Сюзанны
Темная башня 6: Песнь Сюзанны
Кинг, Стивен
The Dark Tower 6: The Song of Susannah
King, Stephen
© 2004 by Stephen King
The air in front of the idol seemed to waver, and a tall, skeletal figure in a hooded black robe suddenly appeared between the image of Azash and Sparhawk.
Воздух перед идолом заколебался и между образом Азеша и Спархоком встала высокая худая фигура в черном балахоне с капюшоном.
Eddings, David / The Ruby KnightЭддингс, Дэвид / Рубиновый рыцарь
Рубиновый рыцарь
Эддингс, Дэвид
The Ruby Knight
Eddings, David
© 1990 by David Eddings
Rand was not even ten paces away, but he did not waver.
До Ранда не было и десяти шагов, но он не замедлил шага.
Jordan, Robert / The Fires of HeavenДжордан, Роберт / Огни небес
Огни небес
Джордан, Роберт
The Fires of Heaven
Jordan, Robert
© 1993 by The Bandersnatch Group, Inc.
His smile doesn’t waver, his hands are still on my shoulders.
Улыбка его по-прежнему лучезарна, руки все еще лежат на моих плечах.
Gregory, Daryl / Second Person, Present TenseГрегори, Дэрил / Второе лицо, настоящее время
Второе лицо, настоящее время
Грегори, Дэрил
© 2006 by Gardner Dozois
© Н. Киктенко, перевод, 2008
© ООО "Фантастика", 2008
Second Person, Present Tense
Gregory, Daryl
© 2006 by Gardner Dozois
© 2005 by Dell Magazines
Her voice cracked, and began to waver and jump as she continued. “It would be too late then, Ava said, like she was afraid it was too late for her. She said she’d help me.
– Голос у нее начал срываться и дрожать, но она продолжила: – Ава сказала, что тогда будет уже слишком поздно. Она сказала, что для нее уже точно слишком поздно, но она поможет мне.
Robb, J.D. / Strangers In DeathРобертс, Нора / Бархатная смерть
Бархатная смерть
Робертс, Нора
© 2008 by Nora Roberts
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2009
© Перевод. Н. Миронова, 2009
Strangers In Death
Robb, J.D.
© 2008 by Nora Roberts
I looked in her face for any signals of anger, and seeing her eyes to waver and fall aside from mine, augured that all was well.
Я пытливо вглядывался в лицо Флоры: не сердится ли она, — но глаза ее смущенно опустились пред моим взглядом, и я понял, что все хорошо.
Stevenson, Robert Louis / St. IvesСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Сент Ив
Сент Ив
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1967
St. Ives
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
One thing I can say for certain; his heart did not waver for one instant.
Скажу лишь одно: даже и не спорило сердце его ни минуты.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
He does not waver.
Он не колеблется.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Brinn did not waver.
Бринн стоял непоколебимо, как скала.
Donaldson, Stephen R. / The One TreeДональдсон, Стивен Р. / Первое дерево
Первое дерево
Дональдсон, Стивен Р.
The One Tree
Donaldson, Stephen R.
© 1982 by Stephen R. Donaldson
One word to Reginald Front-de-Boeuf, or Philip de Malvoisin, that thou hast spoken treason against the Norman, —and thou art but a cast-away swineherd,—thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.”
Ведь стоит мне намекнуть Реджинальду Фрон де Бефу или Филиппу де Мальвуазену, что ты ругаешь норманнов, вмиг тебя вздернут на одно из этих деревьев. Вот и будешь качаться для острастки всем, кто вздумает поносить знатных господ.
Scott, Walter / YvanhoeСкотт, Вальтер / Айвенго
Айвенго
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "Художественная литература ", 1962
Yvanhoe
Scott, Walter
But the rows are somehow unsolid; perhaps it is the wind that makes them waver, bend— more and more.
Но ряды – какие‑то непрочные и, может быть, от ветра – колеблются, гнутся. И все больше.
Замятин, Евгений / МыZamyatin, Yevgeny / We
We
Zamyatin, Yevgeny
© 1972 by Mirra Ginsburg
Мы
Замятин, Евгений
© Молодая гвардия, 1990
My clenched determination not to waver before them was beginning to crumble.
Моя твердая решимость не проявить перед ними слабости духа начинала колебаться.
Liss, David / The Ethical AssassinЛисс, Дэвид / Этичный убийца
Этичный убийца
Лисс, Дэвид
© К. Тверьянович, перевод, 2008
© Издательский дом "Азбука-классика", 2008
© 2006 by David Liss
The Ethical Assassin
Liss, David
© 2006 by David Liss
Doubting, one begins to waver between one action and another.
Когда сомневаешься, начинаешь колебаться между одним и другим.
Greene, Henry Graham / Monsignor QuixoteГрин, Генри Грэм / Монсеньор Кихот
Монсеньор Кихот
Грин, Генри Грэм
© Издательство "Молодая гвардия", 1989
Monsignor Quixote
Greene, Henry Graham
© Graham Greene, 1982
As before, it did not waver; it stood firm like an anchor.
Оно по-прежнему не колебалось и стояло твердо, как брошенный якорь.
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
He watched his booted feet, dark and distant hillocks, waver before him as he was borne aloft.
Он увидел носки своих ботинок, покачивающиеся где-то впереди.
Bujold, Lois McMaster / The Warrior's ApprenticeБуджолд, Лоис Макмастер / Ученик воина
Ученик воина
Буджолд, Лоис Макмастер
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986
© перевод С. Роя, С. Курдюкова, 1995
The Warrior's Apprentice
Bujold, Lois McMaster
© Copyright Lois McMaster Bujold, 1986

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  1. 1.

    колебаться, быть в нерешительности, дрогнуть

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Collocations

waver / hesitate
поколебаться
flag waver
ура-патриот
waver in pitch
детонировать
wavering troops
дрогнувшие войска
wavering in pitch
детонирование

Word forms

waver

verb
Basic forms
Pastwavered
Imperativewaver
Present Participle (Participle I)wavering
Past Participle (Participle II)wavered
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I waverwe waver
you waveryou waver
he/she/it waversthey waver
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am waveringwe are wavering
you are waveringyou are wavering
he/she/it is waveringthey are wavering
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have waveredwe have wavered
you have waveredyou have wavered
he/she/it has waveredthey have wavered
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been waveringwe have been wavering
you have been waveringyou have been wavering
he/she/it has been waveringthey have been wavering
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I waveredwe wavered
you waveredyou wavered
he/she/it waveredthey wavered
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was waveringwe were wavering
you were waveringyou were wavering
he/she/it was waveringthey were wavering
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had waveredwe had wavered
you had waveredyou had wavered
he/she/it had waveredthey had wavered
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been waveringwe had been wavering
you had been waveringyou had been wavering
he/she/it had been waveringthey had been wavering
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will waverwe shall/will waver
you will waveryou will waver
he/she/it will waverthey will waver
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be waveringwe shall/will be wavering
you will be waveringyou will be wavering
he/she/it will be waveringthey will be wavering
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have waveredwe shall/will have wavered
you will have waveredyou will have wavered
he/she/it will have waveredthey will have wavered
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been waveringwe shall/will have been wavering
you will have been waveringyou will have been wavering
he/she/it will have been waveringthey will have been wavering
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would waverwe should/would waver
you would waveryou would waver
he/she/it would waverthey would waver
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be waveringwe should/would be wavering
you would be waveringyou would be wavering
he/she/it would be waveringthey would be wavering
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have waveredwe should/would have wavered
you would have waveredyou would have wavered
he/she/it would have waveredthey would have wavered
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been waveringwe should/would have been wavering
you would have been waveringyou would have been wavering
he/she/it would have been waveringthey would have been wavering
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am waveredwe are wavered
you are waveredyou are wavered
he/she/it is waveredthey are wavered
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being waveredwe are being wavered
you are being waveredyou are being wavered
he/she/it is being waveredthey are being wavered
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been waveredwe have been wavered
you have been waveredyou have been wavered
he/she/it has been waveredthey have been wavered
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was waveredwe were wavered
you were waveredyou were wavered
he/she/it was waveredthey were wavered
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being waveredwe were being wavered
you were being waveredyou were being wavered
he/she/it was being waveredthey were being wavered
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been waveredwe had been wavered
you had been waveredyou had been wavered
he/she/it had been waveredthey had been wavered
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be waveredwe shall/will be wavered
you will be waveredyou will be wavered
he/she/it will be waveredthey will be wavered
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been waveredwe shall/will have been wavered
you will have been waveredyou will have been wavered
he/she/it will have been waveredthey will have been wavered