oscillate: [18] Latin ōs originally meant ‘mouth’ (it was the source of English oral), but it was also used for ‘face’. Its diminutive form ōscillum ‘little face’ was applied to a mask depicting the god Bacchus that was hung up as a charm in vineyards, to be swung to and fro by the breeze. In due course its meaning broadened out to ‘swing’ generally, and a verb ōscillāre ‘swing’ was derived from it – whence English oscillate. => oral
oscillate (v.)
1726, back-formation from oscillation, or else from Latin oscillatus, past participle of oscillare (see oscillation). From 1917 in electronics. Related: Oscillated; oscillating.
双语例句
1. On an oscilloscope, you can see an electrical current oscillate up and down.
在示波器上面你可以看到一股电流上下振动.
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2. In the case of homogeneous broadening only one mode can normally oscillate.
对于均匀加宽的情况,只有一个模能正常地振荡.
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3. He seemed to oscillate between very drunk and icy sober.
他似乎是在酩酊大醉和完全清醒之间摆来摆去.
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4. It is true that system could oscillate back - wards and forwards in this dead zone.
不过,系统在这个死区内可能会发生来回的振荡.
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5. The standard EBU model can not drive combustion to oscillate.