单词 | vibration |
释义 | vibration (once / 895 pages) n A vibration is a shaking motion. If you feel a strong vibration in your car every time you step on the brakes, it might be a good idea to take it to a mechanic. You might feel a vibration in your floor when your neighbor is playing his music too loudly, and you'll know a thunderstorm is approaching when you feel the vibration of your trembling dog at your side. The rapid back and forth movement or quivering of an electric toothbrush or a mild earthquake is a vibration. The Latin vibratus, "move quickly to and fro" is the root word. WORD FAMILYvibration: vibrational, vibrations+/vibrancy: vibrancies/vibrate: vibrancy, vibrated, vibrates, vibrating, vibration, vibrator, vibratory/vibrator: vibrators USAGE EXAMPLESChief among them is a re-entry vehicle capable of withstanding extremes of temperature and vibration. Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) The German butcher at 86th and Second Avenue complained that pickle jars were falling off the shelves from the vibrations of the construction. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Proof, residents say, that the new rail cars are the source of the increase in sound and vibration. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n a shaky motion Syn|Hypo|Hyper palpitation, quiver, quivering, shakiness, shaking, trembling tremolo (music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones tremorshaking or trembling (usually resulting from weakness or stress or disease) essential tremortremor of unknown cause (usually of the hands and head) that develops in older people; often mistaken for Parkinsonism but is not life-threatening and can usually be kept under control motion a state of change 2n the act of vibrating Syn|Hypo|Hyper quiver, quivering shudder, tremor an involuntary vibration (as if from illness or fear) motility, motion, move, movement a change of position that does not entail a change of location 3n (physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a mean Syn|Hypo|Hyper oscillation ripple (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value transient(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load beata single pulsation of an oscillation produced by adding two waves of different frequencies; has a frequency equal to the difference between the two oscillations resonancea vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system sympathetic vibration(physics) vibration produced by resonance undulation, wave (physics) a movement up and down or back and forth 4n a distinctive emotional aura experienced instinctively that place gave me bad vibrations Syn|Hyper vibe air, atmosphere, aura a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing |
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