| 单词 | quivering |
| 释义 | quivering (once / 592 pages) n Quivering means trembling. If your dog begins quivering with fear whenever someone knocks on your door, he's not much use as a guard dog. When something's shaking gently, like a candle flame shivering slightly in a breeze, you can describe it as quivering. On a windy day, you might see the leaves of trees or the ruffled feathers of a bird quivering in the wind. There are a few theories about the origin of the word quivering including the possibility that the word quiver was developed onomatopoeically — or creating a word that sounds like its meaning, like a vibrating kind of shiver. WORD FAMILYquivering: quiverings+/quiver: quivered, quivering, quivers USAGE EXAMPLESI imagined his hands quivering with fear, a wet patch spreading on his trousers. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Nicks’s voice, a strange, quivering contralto, gives her songs unexpected weight. The New Yorker(Nov 20, 2016) She is left quivering and bewildered; William realizes that the robot-girl he’s falling in love with might be breaking down. The New Yorker(Nov 21, 2016) 1n the act of vibrating Syn|Hypo|Hyper quiver, vibration 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 2n a shaky motion Syn|Hypo|Hyper palpitation, quiver, shakiness, shaking, trembling, vibration 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 |
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