hover
v[I, Ipr, Ip]
1 (of birds, etc) remain in the air in one place (指鳥等)遨翔, 盤旋
a hawk hovering above/over its prey 在獵物頭頂上盤旋的一只鷹
There was a helicopter hovering overhead. 有一架直升飛機在頭頂上盤旋.
2
(a) (of a person) wait in a timid and uncertain manner (指人)彷徨, 躊躇
I can't work with you hovering over me like that. 你那樣拿不定主意, 我實在無法與你合作.
She's always hovering around the place annoying people. 她老是在周圍轉來轉去打攪別人.
He hovered about outside, too afraid to go in. 他在外面猶豫徘徊, 因過於膽怯而不敢進去.
(b) remain near sth or in an uncertain state 留在某事物近旁; 維持某種不確定狀態
hovering between life and death 處於生死之間
a country hovering on the brink of war 陷於戰爭邊緣的國家.