| 释义 |
shiv·er
I. \ˈshivə(r)\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English scifre, shivere, shiver; akin to Middle Low German schēver, schiver fragment, splinter, Old High German scivaro fragment, splinter; akin to Old English scēadan to divide, separate — more at shed
1. : one of the fragments into which an object has been broken usually by violence
< the boat was smashed to shivers on the rocks >
2.
a. archaic : slice
b. : pulley
II. verb
(shivered ; shivered ; shivering \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; shivers)
Etymology: Middle English shiveren, from scifre, shivere, shiver, n.
transitive verb
: to break into many small pieces : shatter
< was shivering his lance against it in vain — A.W.Long >
intransitive verb
: to fall apart into many small pieces
< his statue fell and shivered on the stones — J.A.Froude >
Synonyms: see break
III. verb
(shivered ; shivered ; shivering \-v(ə)riŋ\ ; shivers)
Etymology: Middle English shiveren, alteration (influenced by shiveren to shatter) of chiveren
intransitive verb
: to undergo trembling (as from cold, fear, or the application of a physical force) : shake, quiver, vibrate
< in spite of the heat of the room he shivered — Victor Canning >
< crystal chandeliers shivered when he sang — George Jellinek >
specifically : to tremble in the wind as it strikes first one and then the other side — used of a sail
transitive verb
1. : to cause to shiver
< another jerk shivered her body — Olive H. Prouty >
specifically : to cause (a sail) to shiver by steering close to the wind
2. : to produce with or as if with a shiver
< the sweet heaven-bird shivered out his song above him — George Meredith >
IV. noun
(-s)
1. : an instance of shivering : tremble
< a shiver ran down my spine — Helen Eustis >
< a momentary shiver of leaves drew our eyes to the left — William Beebe >
2. shivers plural : an attack of shivering; specifically : ague — usually used with preceding the |