"wait, linger, hover," mid-13c., of unknown origin. Chiefly nautical at first, of ships standing off a coast, also of birds in the air. Common 13c.-16c., then superseded by its derivative, hover.
hove (v.2)
"to rise up, to swell," 1590s, from heave, perhaps pulled from a past tense form.
雙語例句
1. The men were summonsed and last week 30 appeared before Hove magistrates.
這些人被傳喚，上周有30人到霍夫地方法院接受訊問。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A ship hove in sight just above the distant horizon.
一條輪船恰好出現在天海相接處.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The train that now hove into view was clearly of a much older vintage.
現在進入視野的火車顯然是一種古老得多的車型。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Sailors hove up the cable with windlass or capstan.
水手們用絞盤或起錨機把纜繩拉起來.
來自辭典例句
5. As we were just leaving the harbour another ship hove into view.