| 单词 | quaver |
| 释义 | quaver (once / 2124 pages) vn A quaver is a trembling or shaking sound, especially in a person's voice. When you give your first speech in front of a crowd, don't be surprised to hear a quaver in your voice. The nervous or emotional tremor in a person's speaking voice is one kind of quaver. It's also a primarily British term for an eighth note in music. To quaver can mean both to speak in a trembling voice, or to sing in a similar way, with a little warble or trill. The fifteenth century meaning of quaver is "to tremble or vibrate," and it's related to the earlier cwavien, "to shake," from the Low German word quabbeln, "tremble." WORD FAMILYquaver: quavered, quavering, quavers, semiquaver+/quavering: quaveringly/semiquaver: semiquavers USAGE EXAMPLESHer voice quavering with emotion, she exclaimed, “It’s beautiful.” Seattle Times(Dec 02, 2016) She talks about a night, an awful night in Iraq, in a quavering voice. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) When Papa started the prayer, his voice quavered more than usual. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1v give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency Syn|Hyper waver sound, vocalise, vocalize, voice utter with vibrating vocal chords 2v sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below Syn|Hyper trill, warble sing produce tones with the voice 3n a tremulous sound Hyper sound the sudden occurrence of an audible event 4n a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note Syn|Hyper eighth note musical note, note, tone a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound |
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