move or swing back and forth at a regular speed
摆动
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it oscillates in a plane at right angles to the cam axis. 它在和凸轮轴正交的平面上摆动。
 
[with adverbial]
〈喻〉 动摇;犹豫
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he was oscillating between fear and bravery. 他一会儿害怕一会儿胆大。
 
【物理】 振荡。
(of a circuit or device)cause the electric current or voltage running through it to behave in this way
(电路,装置)使(电流、电压)振荡。
"early 18th cent.: from Latin