单词 | quave |
释义 | † quaven. 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. 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]. 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. DerivativesΘΚΠ 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). < n.a1382v.c1225 |
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