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hovering
懸停
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hov·er
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Hovered
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Hovering
.]
1.
To
hang
fluttering
in
the
air
,
or
on
the
wing
;
to
remain
in
flight
or
floating
about
or
over
a
place
or
object
;
to
be
suspended
in
the
air
above
something
.
Great
flights
of
birds
are
hovering
about
the
bridge
,
and
settling
on
it
.
--
Addison
.
A
hovering
mist
came
swimming
o'er
his
sight
.
--
Dryden
.
2.
To
hang
about
;
to
move
to
and
fro
near
a
place
,
threateningly
,
watchfully
,
or
irresolutely
.
Agricola
having
sent
his
navy
to
hover
on
the
coast
.
--
Milton
.
Hovering
o'er
the
paper
with
her
quill
.
--
Shak
.
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