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单词 quave
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quaven.

Forms: Middle English quawe, Middle English qwaf, Middle English qwaue, Middle English–1600s quaue, Middle English–1600s quave.
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: quave v.
Etymology: < quave v.
Obsolete.
A shake, a tremble.Recorded earliest in earthquave n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering > a tremble or quiver
quavea1382
tremble1610
tremor1635
motitation1649
vibration1650
quaver1736
quiver1786
whither1825
shudder1865
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Esther xi. 5 There semeden voisis..and thundris, and erthe quaues, and disturbing up on the erthe.
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 419 Quave, of a myre, labina.
1549 T. Cooper Lanquet's Epitome of Crons. iii. f. 149 In Misia a quaue of the earthe swalowed the mydle part of the citee, with many of the inhabitaunce.
1635 J. Swan Speculum Mundi vi. §3. 236 A quave of the earth swallowed a middle part of the citie Misia.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

quavev.

Brit. /kweɪv/, U.S. /kweɪv/
Forms: early Middle English cwauie, Middle English–1600s quaue, Middle English– quave (now English regional), late Middle English qvave, 1500s queaue, 1800s– queeve (English regional (south-eastern and east midlands)).
Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English *cwafian.
Etymology: Apparently the reflex of an unattested Old English Class II weak verb *cwafian; further etymology uncertain, perhaps imitative. Compare quake v.1, and later quaver v., quiver v.1
Now rare (English regional in later use).
1. intransitive. To quake, shake, tremble.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > fear > physical symptoms of fear > exhibit physical symptoms [verb (intransitive)] > shudder with fear
quakeOE
agriseOE
quavec1225
grisea1250
shiverc1250
aquake1303
tremble1303
gruec1330
shuddera1350
darea1400
gryec1400
grillc1420
fremishc1425
shrugc1440
oggle?a1475
hugge1483
starkle?1544
trepidate1623
quiver1670
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (intransitive)] > shake
quakeeOE
bivec888
shakec950
reseOE
aquetcha1000
divera1225
quavec1225
quetchc1275
squetchc1330
tremblec1374
waga1398
roga1400
shaga1400
quashc1400
shatter1533
c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Bodl.) (1934) 44 Al þe eorðe..bigon to cwakien & to cwauien.
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1963) 1 Kings xxvii. 5 Saul..dradde, and his herte quauyde [a1425 L.V. dredde; L. expavit] ful myche.
c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xviii. 61 (MED) Þe wal wagged and clef, and al þe worlde quaued [v.r. quaked].
Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 419 Qvavyn, as myre, tremo.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Myrrour of Worlde ii. c. 22 Now vnderstande ye..how the erthe quaueth and shaketh.
1509 Parlyament Deuylles (de Worde) lvi The erthe quaued..Valeys and stones brest asonder.
1538 Bp. J. Longland Serm. Good Frydaye sig. C The vayle in the temple ryued in two, the earth quaued, the stoones rente a sondre and brast in gobettes.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii. sig. Fff4/3 To Quave. As, to quave with fat.
1724 Diamond cut Diamond (ed. 2) 54 His Grace..Inquisitor-like will make each Conscience quave.
a1800 S. Pegge Suppl. Grose's Provinc. Gloss. (1814) Quave, to shake, or vibrate. Derb[yshire].
1809 T. Batchelor Orthoëpical Anal. Dial. Bedfordshire v, in Orthoëpical Anal. Eng. Lang. 141 Queeve, to bend slowly backwards and forwards, as a tree-top.
a1895 T. Hallam MS Coll. North-West Derbyshire Words in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 671/2 [Derbyshire] Quave [to shake; to vibrate].
2. intransitive. To beat, palpitate; to throb with life. Obsolete.With queaving and quick in quot. 1589 cf. quick and queathing at queath v. 1b.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > pulsation > pulsate [verb (intransitive)]
beatc1200
quopa1382
quavea1387
flack1393
flackerc1400
whopc1440
flicker1488
throb1788
pulse1851
pulsate1861
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 37 (MED) At Schaftesbury..his longes ȝit quaveþ [L. palpitat] al fresche and sound.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie iii. xix. 179 Is he aliue, Is he as I left him queauing and quick.

Derivatives

quaving n. and adj. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > [noun] > trembling or quivering
trembling1303
bevering1398
brawling?a1400
tremefaction1598
trepidation1605
warbling1621
quavering1635
tremulation1651
tremblement1677
twittering1682
diddering1687
thrilling1747
quaving1825
dither1878
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) 3 Kings xix. 11 Aftir þe wynd, quauyng [v.r. quauynge; a1425 L.V. stirynge; L. commotio]..& aftir þe quauyng, fijr.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 324 I schal..quelle alle þat is quik with quavende flodez.
1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe i. ii That body is called fleumatike, wherein water hath pre-eminence, and is perceiued by these signes: fatnesse, quaving, and soft.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 530 So quaving soft and moist the Bases were.
1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 8 In the valley..are some quagmires, called by the inhabitants quaving-gogs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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