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单词 shuddery
释义

shudder

1 of 2

verb

shud·​der ˈshə-dər How to pronounce shudder (audio)
shuddered; shuddering ˈshə-d(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce shudder (audio)

intransitive verb

: to tremble convulsively : shiver, quiver

shudder

2 of 2

noun

: an act of shuddering
shuddery
ˈshə-d(ə-)rē How to pronounce shudder (audio)
adjective

Synonyms

Verb

  • agitate
  • bucket
  • convulse
  • jerk
  • jiggle
  • joggle
  • jolt
  • jounce
  • judder [chiefly British]
  • quake
  • quiver
  • shake
  • vibrate
  • wobble
  • wabble

Noun

  • quiver
  • shiver
  • tremble
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Example Sentences

Verb The old car shuddered to a halt. The house shuddered as a plane flew overhead. Noun a shudder ran through him as he stepped outside into the snow
Recent Examples on the Web
Verb
Your grandmother, though, would likely shudder at the mere mention of the word, which for years evoked images of iron lungs, of paralyzed children, of summers when fevers struck fear in parents’ hearts. Helen Branswell, STAT, 28 July 2022 Unlike many artists who would shudder at the prospect of obscurity, both find comfort in the impermanent spaces of their work. Laura Neilson, Vogue, 15 July 2022 Life insurance—a term that makes professionals shudder at the mere mention of it. Carson Porter, Forbes, 9 June 2022 The Dodgers used to shudder at the thought of signing a player to a long-term contract that extended into his late 30s. Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022 Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, and Vladimir Putin would rejoice; Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi would shudder. Arthur Goldhammer, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2022 The language Putin used caused some historians to shudder. John Blake, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022 But the elderly Filipinos did not shudder or recoil. Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2022 All of them will shudder at left-wing anti-Semitism, often framed as anti-Zionism, and at the anti-Semitism pervasive on the nativist and xenophobic right. Mark Oppenheimer, WSJ, 19 Jan. 2022
Noun
As Li and his team reported recently in Nature, the difference between memories that conjure up a smile and those that elicit a shudder is established by a small peptide molecule known as neurotensin. Yasemin Saplakoglu, Quanta Magazine, 7 Sep. 2022 Some shudder at the thought Norton could have remained a Bruin this whole time. Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2022 Or it’s about, shudder, the Clippers (and would be a lot shorter). Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2022 Stiles recalls, with something of a shudder, that she was often required to wear the kind of giant footwear preferred by the rock band KISS while shooting scenes with Fuhrman. Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2022 Many bureaucrats who have felt her wrath still shudder, but Cat’s confrontational tactics sometimes worked. Gale Hollandstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2022 For many buyers who lived through the housing crash, the mere mention of ARMs can cause them to shudder. Anna Bahney, CNN, 10 June 2022 Wall Street and Treasury yields are moving sharply higher as markets shudder after another hot reading on inflation. Stan Choe, USA TODAY, 10 June 2022 Candidate loans of any amount are legal, but how winning candidates are paid back makes campaign finance watchdogs shudder. Liz Ruskin, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Middle English shoddren; akin to Old High German skutten to shake and perhaps to Lithuanian kutėti to shake up

First Known Use

Verb

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1607, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

shudder 1 of 2

verb

shud·​der ˈshə-dər How to pronounce shudder (audio)
shuddered; shuddering
1
: to tremble especially with fear or horror or from cold
2
: to move or sound as if being shaken
The train slowed and shuddered to a halt.

shudder

2 of 2

noun

: an act or instance of trembling or shaking
a shudder of fear

Medical Definition

shudder

intransitive verb

shud·​der ˈshəd-ər How to pronounce shudder (audio)
shuddered; shuddering
: to tremble convulsively : shiver

shuddery

adjective

as in trembly
marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements with a few shuddery strokes of a pen, she signed her last will and testament

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • trembly
  • shuddering
  • trembling
  • shaking
  • quivering
  • shaky
  • shivering
  • tremulous
  • atremble
  • quavery
  • wobbly
  • aquiver
  • quaking
  • wobbling
  • tottery
  • shivery
  • tottering
  • wabbling
  • wabbly
  • convulsive
  • throbbing
  • unsteady
  • wavery
  • palpitating
  • pulsating
  • rocky
  • wavering
  • unstable
  • staggery

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • steady
  • stable
  • controlled
  • firm
  • settled
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