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(intransitive) To float in the air. / (intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner. / (intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.

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Source Word

hover

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈhɒ.və(ɹ)/

Verb

intransitive

(intransitive) To float in the air. / (intransitive) To linger or hang in one place, especially in an uncertain manner. / (intransitive) To waver, or be uncertain.

Japanese Meaning

空中に浮かぶ、または漂う状態になる。 / 不確実な状態でその場に留まる、あるいは宙づりになる。 / 躊躇したり、優柔不断な状態になる（比喩的な意味）。

What is this buttons?

A hummingbird seemed to hover near the feeder, its wings a blur.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ハチドリは給餌器の近くで羽を早く動かしながら空中に浮かんでいるように見えた。

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Sense（1）

(intransitive) To float in the air.

Even without hovering drones, a lurking assassin, a thumping score and a denouement, the real-life story of Edward Snowden, a rogue spy on the run, could be straight out of the cinema. But, as with Hollywood, the subplots and exotic locations may distract from the real message: America’s discomfort and its foes’ glee.

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