Definition of hover in English:

hover

verb ˈhɒvəˈhəvər

1no object, with adverbial Remain in one place in the air.
盘旋；悬停
Army helicopters hovered overhead
军用直升机在头顶上盘旋。
Example sentencesExamples
- Overhead, black helicopters hover in military formation like giant birds of prey.
- Army helicopters hovered overhead as mobile telephone networks were shut down to prevent crowds communicating.
- The lad moved the bow across the fiddle strings, and the moment he did, the birds stopped flying overhead and hovered to listen.
- Overhead 10 helicopters hovered, cameramen and photographers ready to shoot the action.
- Armed police with a back-up helicopter hovering overhead sealed off part of a village as a man terrorised his ex-partner at gunpoint.
- Sumner compared it to the difference between a helicopter passing overhead or hovering.
- The roads were closed for security reasons and helicopters were hovering over head.
- The same gull hovered over the next green, but was driven away by the irate golfers.
- By mid-morning, helicopters hovered overhead and police barked orders through bullhorns to keep order on the ground.
- An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead.
- While the craft were on the lake, the Shannon rescue helicopter was hovering above and advised that another craft was on the lake near Portumna with no one on board.
- Overhead, a helicopter hovers at such a low height that it only just clears the occasional overpass bridges that appear.
- A helicopter hovers overhead, a bit of air support for the ground troops.
- A helicopter hovers overhead - possibly a government task team assessing the disaster-hit area - but then departs quickly again.
- More than 500 police backed up by helicopters hovering overhead were involved in raids across Sydney and Melbourne.
- Helicopters were hovering above, circling the area.
- Helicopters seemed to hover overhead constantly.
- I'd keep an eye out for helicopters hovering overhead if I were him, and I certainly would not allow my wife and children to drive the family vehicle any longer.
- Her car was pursued by a caravan of newspaper reporters, while television cameramen hovered overhead in helicopters.
- Around midnight there was the all-too-familiar buzzing sound of the Garda helicopter hovering over the neighbourhood again.
- A year later, as I stood waiting for a bus that wasn't coming, helicopters hovered overhead.
Synonyms
be suspended, be poised, hang, float, levitate, drift, fly, flutter
1. 1.1 Remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states.
  her hand hovered over the console
  她的手停在控制台上。
  his expression hovered between cynicism and puzzlement
  他的表情介于讥讽和迷惑之间。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Every now and then a walker, runner or cyclist would pass, a squirrel searched for a tree in a totally treeless landscape and miner bees hovered over their holes.
  Leaden gray clouds hovered over the ancient burial ground.
  He reached out with one hand, and it hovered over her shoulder.
  Her voice dipped to a purr as her lips hovered over his.
  Her sweet customary scent, Evening of Paris, hovered over the tension of the car.
  The ice storm hovered over the Ontario and Quebec area until Jan. 14.
  As his father's concerned face hovered over him, Joe grinned.
  In the gathering dusk, a full moon hovered over the eastern sky.
  He was in the process of cutting up some kind of machine with a blow torch, several parts of it were on fire and a plume of oily smoke hovered over it.
  The car really was on a bad angle, hovered over the ditch like that, it looked like we'd had a terrible accident.
  Once more, Julia's endearingly grubby little hand hovered over the clasp of her tote.
  My pen hovered over the box indicating interest in being a leader/co-leader.
  Leanne's hand hovered over a large, blue button on her console, preparing to press it.
  Thick, low clouds hovered over Jay's house like fists ready to strike.
  The lights were on from the start and the dark clouds hovered over the ground.
  His finger hovered over the play button on the boom box.
  With all her usual care, Agatha switched the machine on and moved the cursor slowly until it hovered over the Internet Explorer icon.
  My left hand shook as it hovered over the holster to my gun.
  I still love a good steak but I do miss that odd hint of petrochemicals that sometimes hovered over his meats.
  A tenacious lone Black-winged kite hovered over the grassland even as darkness engulfed the hills.
  Synonyms
  balance, hold steady, hold oneself steady, steady oneself, be suspended, hang suspended, remain motionless, hang in mid-air, hang
2. 1.2 Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner.
  （人）（在附近）徘徊
  she hovered anxiously in the background
  她焦急地徘徊在人们不注意之处。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He hovered over us, leering at our nubile young bodies, asking stupid questions and generally making us uncomfortable.
  He hovered over me peering down at me with his blue eyes.
  The grandchildren hover close by, whispering and squirming bashfully if my glance falls upon them.
  Dishes in hand, I hovered over the sink and smiled to myself.
  She hovered over her father, cleared a path for him, scanned the small crowd anxiously.
  I remember my mum completely losing it and Nana just hovered over pop stroking his white hair back over and over.
  Marina now hovered over me with a complete set of dental instruments, a blender, and what looked like a microwave wired into a lawnmower.
  So he hovered close and waited, and in the middle of the third week, his vigilance paid off.
  The sun was coming up over the old Sears building as a gaggle of women hovered over their toddlers and scurried across the street to catch the 5 bus.
  Waiting for the perfect time, Angel hovered over the guards.
  I cautiously hovered over it and a text-box popped up with the URL of the previous page in the weblog I was reading.
  A watchful father hovered over an infant; his hopes and feelings were expressed with tender strength.
  He stood and hovered over her, worrying lighting his eyes.
  We debated what to have while a waitress hovered over us.
  My companion hovered over the fruit as if he'd never seen an orange before, which he probably hadn't.
  Isly hovered over him with a grin that rivaled his own.
  The frightened teens hugged as Isabelle hovered over them.
  We hover close enough that I can see the matted clumps in the bear's shaggy, pale brown coat.
  Christian hovered over her, his arms on either side of her.
  As I stammered my way to buying a bag of apples, and my classmates donned other wacky guises, Ralph hovered close by to cast a critical eye and ear over our performances.
  Synonyms
  linger, loiter, wait about, stay nearby
3. 1.3 Remain at or near a particular level.
  保持某一水平；接近某一水平
  inflation will hover around the 4 per cent mark
  通货膨胀率会在4％左右波动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Crude oil prices are hovering around record levels and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico has been cited as one of the reasons for the latest spikes.
  The set didn't completely achieve lift-off, though it hovered very close at times.
  Shares initially hovered close to their opening mark as, for a fourth day in a row, traders were left without a lead from the US.
  By Friday's close they were hovering just above #12.
  Gas prices continue to hover near record levels, but if you think you're paying too much at the pump that may be the least of your worries.
  People were out in droves enjoying temperatures hovering near seventy.
  With fuel prices hovering near record high levels, can any carrier turn a profit?
  The CDC reported deaths as a whole from influenza hovering near epidemic levels.
  Together they ditched £155,000 of shares as the company's stock continued to hover around its highest level for three years.
  Met Office spokesman Andy Yeateman said bitter north winds will keep temperatures hovering close to freezing on Christmas Day and some snow flakes could fall.
  It hovers perilously close to cheesy at times (think animal prints and acres of marble), but it positively reeks of a bygone era.
  The oil production cartel meets in Vienna as prices continue to hover close to the $50 per barrel mark and amidst continued strong demand from China.
  Some, including Phillips, tried to hover within acceptable levels of steroid dosage.
  As the price of oil hovers at near record highs it appears that car buyers are reining in their spending.
  The men in red and black are also well positioned to retain their Super League crown as they are hovering near the top of the table with five matches to go.
  On the shopping list of items necessary to encourage cycling, indoor bike lockers hover near the top.
  With Rovers currently hovering dangerously near the relegation zone, it's vital the players are not distracted from the task of trying to secure a priceless away win.
  It hit a 12-month high of 6,835 on February 17 last, but once again it is hovering close to the 6,000 milestone.
  Broken down socioeconomically, the figures for most backgrounds hovered around this level.
  Now he hovers close to breaching the 30% limit that would force him to make an offer for the whole company.
4. 1.4Computing Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device.
  if you hover over the video, it will play a preview with sound
  with object you can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation

noun ˈhɒvəˈhəvər

An act of remaining in the air in one place.
盘旋；悬停
keep the model in a stable hover
Example sentencesExamples
- If your buoyancy control is good and the current is minimal, the three-plus minutes can be spent in a relaxing hover.
- When I first began flying helicopters I was sometimes overwhelmed with the amount of workload needed to maintain control of a helicopter during a hover.
- "That is quite unusual," he said, "for an aircraft sitting in a hover."
- We located that raft and began the recovery process from as stable a hover as possible.
- As we lifted on the signal, a squadron officer called for the pilot to bring the aircraft to a stable hover.
- This occurs when you try to add power while in a near-vertical descent from a hover.
- Four Sea Harriers lined up in a hover in front of the 100 or so personnel in the squadron at RNAS Yeovilton for an emotional decommissioning ceremony.
- Parental activity near the nest varied in that the frequency of parental passes and hovers within 1 m of the nest opening increased in the period before fledging.
- He now felt the craft's movement as it slowed to a hover and descended to the landing site.
- The helicopter settled into a hover seconds later and dropped its dipping sonar into the water.
- I fought my way toward spot 4, and the crewman signaled me to land as soon as I achieved a stable hover.
- Like the other three Coastguard helicopters, the Sligo chopper is equipped with all the latest search and navigational equipment and has an automatic hover capability.

Derivatives

hoverer

noun

But more than that - it's given the hoverers, the aboriginal people and their children, somewhere to go.
Example sentencesExamples
- Some experts are saying that parents have gone too far and are becoming hoverers, lambasting their kids' behaviors at daycare (as seen on a webcam) or on a test score (posted online).
- I was definitely a hoverer.

Origin

Late Middle English: from archaic hove 'hover, linger', of unknown origin.

Rhymes

bovver

Definition of hover in US English:

hover

verbˈhəvərˈhəvər

1no object, with adverbial Remain in one place in the air.
盘旋；悬停
Army helicopters hovered overhead
军用直升机在头顶上盘旋。
Example sentencesExamples
- Armed police with a back-up helicopter hovering overhead sealed off part of a village as a man terrorised his ex-partner at gunpoint.
- Helicopters seemed to hover overhead constantly.
- A helicopter hovers overhead, a bit of air support for the ground troops.
- Overhead, a helicopter hovers at such a low height that it only just clears the occasional overpass bridges that appear.
- Helicopters were hovering above, circling the area.
- A helicopter hovers overhead - possibly a government task team assessing the disaster-hit area - but then departs quickly again.
- While the craft were on the lake, the Shannon rescue helicopter was hovering above and advised that another craft was on the lake near Portumna with no one on board.
- The roads were closed for security reasons and helicopters were hovering over head.
- Overhead 10 helicopters hovered, cameramen and photographers ready to shoot the action.
- Around midnight there was the all-too-familiar buzzing sound of the Garda helicopter hovering over the neighbourhood again.
- Army helicopters hovered overhead as mobile telephone networks were shut down to prevent crowds communicating.
- By mid-morning, helicopters hovered overhead and police barked orders through bullhorns to keep order on the ground.
- The lad moved the bow across the fiddle strings, and the moment he did, the birds stopped flying overhead and hovered to listen.
- The same gull hovered over the next green, but was driven away by the irate golfers.
- Her car was pursued by a caravan of newspaper reporters, while television cameramen hovered overhead in helicopters.
- Overhead, black helicopters hover in military formation like giant birds of prey.
- A year later, as I stood waiting for a bus that wasn't coming, helicopters hovered overhead.
- More than 500 police backed up by helicopters hovering overhead were involved in raids across Sydney and Melbourne.
- Sumner compared it to the difference between a helicopter passing overhead or hovering.
- I'd keep an eye out for helicopters hovering overhead if I were him, and I certainly would not allow my wife and children to drive the family vehicle any longer.
- An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead.
Synonyms
be suspended, be poised, hang, float, levitate, drift, fly, flutter
1. 1.1 Remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states.
  her hand hovered over the console
  她的手停在控制台上。
  his expression hovered between cynicism and puzzlement
  他的表情介于讥讽和迷惑之间。
  Example sentencesExamples
  In the gathering dusk, a full moon hovered over the eastern sky.
  My left hand shook as it hovered over the holster to my gun.
  Her sweet customary scent, Evening of Paris, hovered over the tension of the car.
  He was in the process of cutting up some kind of machine with a blow torch, several parts of it were on fire and a plume of oily smoke hovered over it.
  The ice storm hovered over the Ontario and Quebec area until Jan. 14.
  Thick, low clouds hovered over Jay's house like fists ready to strike.
  I still love a good steak but I do miss that odd hint of petrochemicals that sometimes hovered over his meats.
  Once more, Julia's endearingly grubby little hand hovered over the clasp of her tote.
  The car really was on a bad angle, hovered over the ditch like that, it looked like we'd had a terrible accident.
  As his father's concerned face hovered over him, Joe grinned.
  Leanne's hand hovered over a large, blue button on her console, preparing to press it.
  Her voice dipped to a purr as her lips hovered over his.
  A tenacious lone Black-winged kite hovered over the grassland even as darkness engulfed the hills.
  The lights were on from the start and the dark clouds hovered over the ground.
  He reached out with one hand, and it hovered over her shoulder.
  Every now and then a walker, runner or cyclist would pass, a squirrel searched for a tree in a totally treeless landscape and miner bees hovered over their holes.
  His finger hovered over the play button on the boom box.
  My pen hovered over the box indicating interest in being a leader/co-leader.
  Leaden gray clouds hovered over the ancient burial ground.
  With all her usual care, Agatha switched the machine on and moved the cursor slowly until it hovered over the Internet Explorer icon.
  Synonyms
  balance, hold steady, hold oneself steady, steady oneself, be suspended, hang suspended, remain motionless, hang in mid-air, hang
2. 1.2 Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner.
  （人）（在附近）徘徊
  she hovered anxiously in the background
  她焦急地徘徊在人们不注意之处。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Christian hovered over her, his arms on either side of her.
  He hovered over us, leering at our nubile young bodies, asking stupid questions and generally making us uncomfortable.
  He hovered over me peering down at me with his blue eyes.
  Dishes in hand, I hovered over the sink and smiled to myself.
  He stood and hovered over her, worrying lighting his eyes.
  The sun was coming up over the old Sears building as a gaggle of women hovered over their toddlers and scurried across the street to catch the 5 bus.
  We debated what to have while a waitress hovered over us.
  A watchful father hovered over an infant; his hopes and feelings were expressed with tender strength.
  So he hovered close and waited, and in the middle of the third week, his vigilance paid off.
  I cautiously hovered over it and a text-box popped up with the URL of the previous page in the weblog I was reading.
  Waiting for the perfect time, Angel hovered over the guards.
  The grandchildren hover close by, whispering and squirming bashfully if my glance falls upon them.
  As I stammered my way to buying a bag of apples, and my classmates donned other wacky guises, Ralph hovered close by to cast a critical eye and ear over our performances.
  We hover close enough that I can see the matted clumps in the bear's shaggy, pale brown coat.
  The frightened teens hugged as Isabelle hovered over them.
  Marina now hovered over me with a complete set of dental instruments, a blender, and what looked like a microwave wired into a lawnmower.
  She hovered over her father, cleared a path for him, scanned the small crowd anxiously.
  My companion hovered over the fruit as if he'd never seen an orange before, which he probably hadn't.
  Isly hovered over him with a grin that rivaled his own.
  I remember my mum completely losing it and Nana just hovered over pop stroking his white hair back over and over.
  Synonyms
  linger, loiter, wait about, stay nearby
3. 1.3 Remain at or near a particular level.
  保持某一水平；接近某一水平
  inflation will hover around the 4 percent mark
  通货膨胀率会在4％左右波动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It hit a 12-month high of 6,835 on February 17 last, but once again it is hovering close to the 6,000 milestone.
  Now he hovers close to breaching the 30% limit that would force him to make an offer for the whole company.
  The set didn't completely achieve lift-off, though it hovered very close at times.
  Broken down socioeconomically, the figures for most backgrounds hovered around this level.
  It hovers perilously close to cheesy at times (think animal prints and acres of marble), but it positively reeks of a bygone era.
  Some, including Phillips, tried to hover within acceptable levels of steroid dosage.
  On the shopping list of items necessary to encourage cycling, indoor bike lockers hover near the top.
  Together they ditched £155,000 of shares as the company's stock continued to hover around its highest level for three years.
  With Rovers currently hovering dangerously near the relegation zone, it's vital the players are not distracted from the task of trying to secure a priceless away win.
  Gas prices continue to hover near record levels, but if you think you're paying too much at the pump that may be the least of your worries.
  With fuel prices hovering near record high levels, can any carrier turn a profit?
  By Friday's close they were hovering just above #12.
  The CDC reported deaths as a whole from influenza hovering near epidemic levels.
  Shares initially hovered close to their opening mark as, for a fourth day in a row, traders were left without a lead from the US.
  The men in red and black are also well positioned to retain their Super League crown as they are hovering near the top of the table with five matches to go.
  Met Office spokesman Andy Yeateman said bitter north winds will keep temperatures hovering close to freezing on Christmas Day and some snow flakes could fall.
  Crude oil prices are hovering around record levels and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico has been cited as one of the reasons for the latest spikes.
  As the price of oil hovers at near record highs it appears that car buyers are reining in their spending.
  People were out in droves enjoying temperatures hovering near seventy.
  The oil production cartel meets in Vienna as prices continue to hover close to the $50 per barrel mark and amidst continued strong demand from China.
4. 1.4Computing Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device.
  if you hover over the video, it will play a preview with sound
  with object you can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation

nounˈhəvərˈhəvər

An act of remaining in the air in one place.
盘旋；悬停
Example sentencesExamples
- If your buoyancy control is good and the current is minimal, the three-plus minutes can be spent in a relaxing hover.
- We located that raft and began the recovery process from as stable a hover as possible.
- The helicopter settled into a hover seconds later and dropped its dipping sonar into the water.
- Like the other three Coastguard helicopters, the Sligo chopper is equipped with all the latest search and navigational equipment and has an automatic hover capability.
- As we lifted on the signal, a squadron officer called for the pilot to bring the aircraft to a stable hover.
- Four Sea Harriers lined up in a hover in front of the 100 or so personnel in the squadron at RNAS Yeovilton for an emotional decommissioning ceremony.
- When I first began flying helicopters I was sometimes overwhelmed with the amount of workload needed to maintain control of a helicopter during a hover.
- He now felt the craft's movement as it slowed to a hover and descended to the landing site.
- Parental activity near the nest varied in that the frequency of parental passes and hovers within 1 m of the nest opening increased in the period before fledging.
- This occurs when you try to add power while in a near-vertical descent from a hover.
- I fought my way toward spot 4, and the crewman signaled me to land as soon as I achieved a stable hover.
- "That is quite unusual," he said, "for an aircraft sitting in a hover."

Origin

Late Middle English: from archaic hove ‘hover, linger’, of unknown origin.

词汇	hover
释义	Definition of hover in English: hover verb ˈhɒvəˈhəvər 1no object, with adverbial Remain in one place in the air. 盘旋；悬停 Army helicopters hovered overhead 军用直升机在头顶上盘旋。 Example sentencesExamples Overhead, black helicopters hover in military formation like giant birds of prey. Army helicopters hovered overhead as mobile telephone networks were shut down to prevent crowds communicating. The lad moved the bow across the fiddle strings, and the moment he did, the birds stopped flying overhead and hovered to listen. Overhead 10 helicopters hovered, cameramen and photographers ready to shoot the action. Armed police with a back-up helicopter hovering overhead sealed off part of a village as a man terrorised his ex-partner at gunpoint. Sumner compared it to the difference between a helicopter passing overhead or hovering. The roads were closed for security reasons and helicopters were hovering over head. The same gull hovered over the next green, but was driven away by the irate golfers. By mid-morning, helicopters hovered overhead and police barked orders through bullhorns to keep order on the ground. An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead. While the craft were on the lake, the Shannon rescue helicopter was hovering above and advised that another craft was on the lake near Portumna with no one on board. Overhead, a helicopter hovers at such a low height that it only just clears the occasional overpass bridges that appear. A helicopter hovers overhead, a bit of air support for the ground troops. A helicopter hovers overhead - possibly a government task team assessing the disaster-hit area - but then departs quickly again. More than 500 police backed up by helicopters hovering overhead were involved in raids across Sydney and Melbourne. Helicopters were hovering above, circling the area. Helicopters seemed to hover overhead constantly. I'd keep an eye out for helicopters hovering overhead if I were him, and I certainly would not allow my wife and children to drive the family vehicle any longer. Her car was pursued by a caravan of newspaper reporters, while television cameramen hovered overhead in helicopters. Around midnight there was the all-too-familiar buzzing sound of the Garda helicopter hovering over the neighbourhood again. A year later, as I stood waiting for a bus that wasn't coming, helicopters hovered overhead. Synonyms be suspended, be poised, hang, float, levitate, drift, fly, flutter 1.1 Remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states. her hand hovered over the console 她的手停在控制台上。 his expression hovered between cynicism and puzzlement 他的表情介于讥讽和迷惑之间。 Example sentencesExamples Every now and then a walker, runner or cyclist would pass, a squirrel searched for a tree in a totally treeless landscape and miner bees hovered over their holes. Leaden gray clouds hovered over the ancient burial ground. He reached out with one hand, and it hovered over her shoulder. Her voice dipped to a purr as her lips hovered over his. Her sweet customary scent, Evening of Paris, hovered over the tension of the car. The ice storm hovered over the Ontario and Quebec area until Jan. 14. As his father's concerned face hovered over him, Joe grinned. In the gathering dusk, a full moon hovered over the eastern sky. He was in the process of cutting up some kind of machine with a blow torch, several parts of it were on fire and a plume of oily smoke hovered over it. The car really was on a bad angle, hovered over the ditch like that, it looked like we'd had a terrible accident. Once more, Julia's endearingly grubby little hand hovered over the clasp of her tote. My pen hovered over the box indicating interest in being a leader/co-leader. Leanne's hand hovered over a large, blue button on her console, preparing to press it. Thick, low clouds hovered over Jay's house like fists ready to strike. The lights were on from the start and the dark clouds hovered over the ground. His finger hovered over the play button on the boom box. With all her usual care, Agatha switched the machine on and moved the cursor slowly until it hovered over the Internet Explorer icon. My left hand shook as it hovered over the holster to my gun. I still love a good steak but I do miss that odd hint of petrochemicals that sometimes hovered over his meats. A tenacious lone Black-winged kite hovered over the grassland even as darkness engulfed the hills. Synonyms balance, hold steady, hold oneself steady, steady oneself, be suspended, hang suspended, remain motionless, hang in mid-air, hang 1.2 Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner. （人）（在附近）徘徊 she hovered anxiously in the background 她焦急地徘徊在人们不注意之处。 Example sentencesExamples He hovered over us, leering at our nubile young bodies, asking stupid questions and generally making us uncomfortable. He hovered over me peering down at me with his blue eyes. The grandchildren hover close by, whispering and squirming bashfully if my glance falls upon them. Dishes in hand, I hovered over the sink and smiled to myself. She hovered over her father, cleared a path for him, scanned the small crowd anxiously. I remember my mum completely losing it and Nana just hovered over pop stroking his white hair back over and over. Marina now hovered over me with a complete set of dental instruments, a blender, and what looked like a microwave wired into a lawnmower. So he hovered close and waited, and in the middle of the third week, his vigilance paid off. The sun was coming up over the old Sears building as a gaggle of women hovered over their toddlers and scurried across the street to catch the 5 bus. Waiting for the perfect time, Angel hovered over the guards. I cautiously hovered over it and a text-box popped up with the URL of the previous page in the weblog I was reading. A watchful father hovered over an infant; his hopes and feelings were expressed with tender strength. He stood and hovered over her, worrying lighting his eyes. We debated what to have while a waitress hovered over us. My companion hovered over the fruit as if he'd never seen an orange before, which he probably hadn't. Isly hovered over him with a grin that rivaled his own. The frightened teens hugged as Isabelle hovered over them. We hover close enough that I can see the matted clumps in the bear's shaggy, pale brown coat. Christian hovered over her, his arms on either side of her. As I stammered my way to buying a bag of apples, and my classmates donned other wacky guises, Ralph hovered close by to cast a critical eye and ear over our performances. Synonyms linger, loiter, wait about, stay nearby 1.3 Remain at or near a particular level. 保持某一水平；接近某一水平 inflation will hover around the 4 per cent mark 通货膨胀率会在4％左右波动。 Example sentencesExamples Crude oil prices are hovering around record levels and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico has been cited as one of the reasons for the latest spikes. The set didn't completely achieve lift-off, though it hovered very close at times. Shares initially hovered close to their opening mark as, for a fourth day in a row, traders were left without a lead from the US. By Friday's close they were hovering just above #12. Gas prices continue to hover near record levels, but if you think you're paying too much at the pump that may be the least of your worries. People were out in droves enjoying temperatures hovering near seventy. With fuel prices hovering near record high levels, can any carrier turn a profit? The CDC reported deaths as a whole from influenza hovering near epidemic levels. Together they ditched £155,000 of shares as the company's stock continued to hover around its highest level for three years. Met Office spokesman Andy Yeateman said bitter north winds will keep temperatures hovering close to freezing on Christmas Day and some snow flakes could fall. It hovers perilously close to cheesy at times (think animal prints and acres of marble), but it positively reeks of a bygone era. The oil production cartel meets in Vienna as prices continue to hover close to the $50 per barrel mark and amidst continued strong demand from China. Some, including Phillips, tried to hover within acceptable levels of steroid dosage. As the price of oil hovers at near record highs it appears that car buyers are reining in their spending. The men in red and black are also well positioned to retain their Super League crown as they are hovering near the top of the table with five matches to go. On the shopping list of items necessary to encourage cycling, indoor bike lockers hover near the top. With Rovers currently hovering dangerously near the relegation zone, it's vital the players are not distracted from the task of trying to secure a priceless away win. It hit a 12-month high of 6,835 on February 17 last, but once again it is hovering close to the 6,000 milestone. Broken down socioeconomically, the figures for most backgrounds hovered around this level. Now he hovers close to breaching the 30% limit that would force him to make an offer for the whole company. 1.4Computing Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device. if you hover over the video, it will play a preview with sound with object you can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation noun ˈhɒvəˈhəvər An act of remaining in the air in one place. 盘旋；悬停 keep the model in a stable hover Example sentencesExamples If your buoyancy control is good and the current is minimal, the three-plus minutes can be spent in a relaxing hover. When I first began flying helicopters I was sometimes overwhelmed with the amount of workload needed to maintain control of a helicopter during a hover. "That is quite unusual," he said, "for an aircraft sitting in a hover." We located that raft and began the recovery process from as stable a hover as possible. As we lifted on the signal, a squadron officer called for the pilot to bring the aircraft to a stable hover. This occurs when you try to add power while in a near-vertical descent from a hover. Four Sea Harriers lined up in a hover in front of the 100 or so personnel in the squadron at RNAS Yeovilton for an emotional decommissioning ceremony. Parental activity near the nest varied in that the frequency of parental passes and hovers within 1 m of the nest opening increased in the period before fledging. He now felt the craft's movement as it slowed to a hover and descended to the landing site. The helicopter settled into a hover seconds later and dropped its dipping sonar into the water. I fought my way toward spot 4, and the crewman signaled me to land as soon as I achieved a stable hover. Like the other three Coastguard helicopters, the Sligo chopper is equipped with all the latest search and navigational equipment and has an automatic hover capability. Derivatives hoverer noun But more than that - it's given the hoverers, the aboriginal people and their children, somewhere to go. Example sentencesExamples Some experts are saying that parents have gone too far and are becoming hoverers, lambasting their kids' behaviors at daycare (as seen on a webcam) or on a test score (posted online). I was definitely a hoverer. Origin Late Middle English: from archaic hove 'hover, linger', of unknown origin. Rhymes bovver Definition of hover in US English: hover verbˈhəvərˈhəvər 1no object, with adverbial Remain in one place in the air. 盘旋；悬停 Army helicopters hovered overhead 军用直升机在头顶上盘旋。 Example sentencesExamples Armed police with a back-up helicopter hovering overhead sealed off part of a village as a man terrorised his ex-partner at gunpoint. Helicopters seemed to hover overhead constantly. A helicopter hovers overhead, a bit of air support for the ground troops. Overhead, a helicopter hovers at such a low height that it only just clears the occasional overpass bridges that appear. Helicopters were hovering above, circling the area. A helicopter hovers overhead - possibly a government task team assessing the disaster-hit area - but then departs quickly again. While the craft were on the lake, the Shannon rescue helicopter was hovering above and advised that another craft was on the lake near Portumna with no one on board. The roads were closed for security reasons and helicopters were hovering over head. Overhead 10 helicopters hovered, cameramen and photographers ready to shoot the action. Around midnight there was the all-too-familiar buzzing sound of the Garda helicopter hovering over the neighbourhood again. Army helicopters hovered overhead as mobile telephone networks were shut down to prevent crowds communicating. By mid-morning, helicopters hovered overhead and police barked orders through bullhorns to keep order on the ground. The lad moved the bow across the fiddle strings, and the moment he did, the birds stopped flying overhead and hovered to listen. The same gull hovered over the next green, but was driven away by the irate golfers. Her car was pursued by a caravan of newspaper reporters, while television cameramen hovered overhead in helicopters. Overhead, black helicopters hover in military formation like giant birds of prey. A year later, as I stood waiting for a bus that wasn't coming, helicopters hovered overhead. More than 500 police backed up by helicopters hovering overhead were involved in raids across Sydney and Melbourne. Sumner compared it to the difference between a helicopter passing overhead or hovering. I'd keep an eye out for helicopters hovering overhead if I were him, and I certainly would not allow my wife and children to drive the family vehicle any longer. An attempt on Wednesday was foiled when he was drowned out by a helicopter hovering overhead. Synonyms be suspended, be poised, hang, float, levitate, drift, fly, flutter 1.1 Remain poised uncertainly in one place or between two states. her hand hovered over the console 她的手停在控制台上。 his expression hovered between cynicism and puzzlement 他的表情介于讥讽和迷惑之间。 Example sentencesExamples In the gathering dusk, a full moon hovered over the eastern sky. My left hand shook as it hovered over the holster to my gun. Her sweet customary scent, Evening of Paris, hovered over the tension of the car. He was in the process of cutting up some kind of machine with a blow torch, several parts of it were on fire and a plume of oily smoke hovered over it. The ice storm hovered over the Ontario and Quebec area until Jan. 14. Thick, low clouds hovered over Jay's house like fists ready to strike. I still love a good steak but I do miss that odd hint of petrochemicals that sometimes hovered over his meats. Once more, Julia's endearingly grubby little hand hovered over the clasp of her tote. The car really was on a bad angle, hovered over the ditch like that, it looked like we'd had a terrible accident. As his father's concerned face hovered over him, Joe grinned. Leanne's hand hovered over a large, blue button on her console, preparing to press it. Her voice dipped to a purr as her lips hovered over his. A tenacious lone Black-winged kite hovered over the grassland even as darkness engulfed the hills. The lights were on from the start and the dark clouds hovered over the ground. He reached out with one hand, and it hovered over her shoulder. Every now and then a walker, runner or cyclist would pass, a squirrel searched for a tree in a totally treeless landscape and miner bees hovered over their holes. His finger hovered over the play button on the boom box. My pen hovered over the box indicating interest in being a leader/co-leader. Leaden gray clouds hovered over the ancient burial ground. With all her usual care, Agatha switched the machine on and moved the cursor slowly until it hovered over the Internet Explorer icon. Synonyms balance, hold steady, hold oneself steady, steady oneself, be suspended, hang suspended, remain motionless, hang in mid-air, hang 1.2 Linger close at hand, especially in a hesitant or uncertain manner. （人）（在附近）徘徊 she hovered anxiously in the background 她焦急地徘徊在人们不注意之处。 Example sentencesExamples Christian hovered over her, his arms on either side of her. He hovered over us, leering at our nubile young bodies, asking stupid questions and generally making us uncomfortable. He hovered over me peering down at me with his blue eyes. Dishes in hand, I hovered over the sink and smiled to myself. He stood and hovered over her, worrying lighting his eyes. The sun was coming up over the old Sears building as a gaggle of women hovered over their toddlers and scurried across the street to catch the 5 bus. We debated what to have while a waitress hovered over us. A watchful father hovered over an infant; his hopes and feelings were expressed with tender strength. So he hovered close and waited, and in the middle of the third week, his vigilance paid off. I cautiously hovered over it and a text-box popped up with the URL of the previous page in the weblog I was reading. Waiting for the perfect time, Angel hovered over the guards. The grandchildren hover close by, whispering and squirming bashfully if my glance falls upon them. As I stammered my way to buying a bag of apples, and my classmates donned other wacky guises, Ralph hovered close by to cast a critical eye and ear over our performances. We hover close enough that I can see the matted clumps in the bear's shaggy, pale brown coat. The frightened teens hugged as Isabelle hovered over them. Marina now hovered over me with a complete set of dental instruments, a blender, and what looked like a microwave wired into a lawnmower. She hovered over her father, cleared a path for him, scanned the small crowd anxiously. My companion hovered over the fruit as if he'd never seen an orange before, which he probably hadn't. Isly hovered over him with a grin that rivaled his own. I remember my mum completely losing it and Nana just hovered over pop stroking his white hair back over and over. Synonyms linger, loiter, wait about, stay nearby 1.3 Remain at or near a particular level. 保持某一水平；接近某一水平 inflation will hover around the 4 percent mark 通货膨胀率会在4％左右波动。 Example sentencesExamples It hit a 12-month high of 6,835 on February 17 last, but once again it is hovering close to the 6,000 milestone. Now he hovers close to breaching the 30% limit that would force him to make an offer for the whole company. The set didn't completely achieve lift-off, though it hovered very close at times. Broken down socioeconomically, the figures for most backgrounds hovered around this level. It hovers perilously close to cheesy at times (think animal prints and acres of marble), but it positively reeks of a bygone era. Some, including Phillips, tried to hover within acceptable levels of steroid dosage. On the shopping list of items necessary to encourage cycling, indoor bike lockers hover near the top. Together they ditched £155,000 of shares as the company's stock continued to hover around its highest level for three years. With Rovers currently hovering dangerously near the relegation zone, it's vital the players are not distracted from the task of trying to secure a priceless away win. Gas prices continue to hover near record levels, but if you think you're paying too much at the pump that may be the least of your worries. With fuel prices hovering near record high levels, can any carrier turn a profit? By Friday's close they were hovering just above #12. The CDC reported deaths as a whole from influenza hovering near epidemic levels. Shares initially hovered close to their opening mark as, for a fourth day in a row, traders were left without a lead from the US. The men in red and black are also well positioned to retain their Super League crown as they are hovering near the top of the table with five matches to go. Met Office spokesman Andy Yeateman said bitter north winds will keep temperatures hovering close to freezing on Christmas Day and some snow flakes could fall. Crude oil prices are hovering around record levels and Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico has been cited as one of the reasons for the latest spikes. As the price of oil hovers at near record highs it appears that car buyers are reining in their spending. People were out in droves enjoying temperatures hovering near seventy. The oil production cartel meets in Vienna as prices continue to hover close to the $50 per barrel mark and amidst continued strong demand from China. 1.4Computing Use a mouse or other device to position the cursor over a particular area of a computer screen so as to cause a program to respond (typically by displaying additional information or options), without clicking a button on the device. if you hover over the video, it will play a preview with sound with object you can hover your cursor over any button to see an explanation nounˈhəvərˈhəvər An act of remaining in the air in one place. 盘旋；悬停 Example sentencesExamples If your buoyancy control is good and the current is minimal, the three-plus minutes can be spent in a relaxing hover. We located that raft and began the recovery process from as stable a hover as possible. The helicopter settled into a hover seconds later and dropped its dipping sonar into the water. Like the other three Coastguard helicopters, the Sligo chopper is equipped with all the latest search and navigational equipment and has an automatic hover capability. As we lifted on the signal, a squadron officer called for the pilot to bring the aircraft to a stable hover. Four Sea Harriers lined up in a hover in front of the 100 or so personnel in the squadron at RNAS Yeovilton for an emotional decommissioning ceremony. When I first began flying helicopters I was sometimes overwhelmed with the amount of workload needed to maintain control of a helicopter during a hover. He now felt the craft's movement as it slowed to a hover and descended to the landing site. Parental activity near the nest varied in that the frequency of parental passes and hovers within 1 m of the nest opening increased in the period before fledging. This occurs when you try to add power while in a near-vertical descent from a hover. I fought my way toward spot 4, and the crewman signaled me to land as soon as I achieved a stable hover. "That is quite unusual," he said, "for an aircraft sitting in a hover." Origin Late Middle English: from archaic hove ‘hover, linger’, of unknown origin.
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