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单词 shudder
释义 shud·der
I. \ˈshədə(r)\ verb
(shuddered ; shuddered ; shuddering \-d(ə)riŋ\ ; shudders)
Etymology: Middle English shoddren; akin to Middle Low German schodderen to shudder, Old Frisian skedda to shake, Old High German skutten to shake, Lithuanian kutėti to shake up, arouse
intransitive verb
1. : to tremble convulsively : shake with fear, horror, or aversion : shiver with cold : quake
 < shuddered constantly in the chill air >
 < shudder at the thought of contamination with persons … lower in the social scale — L.C.Douglas >
2. : to move as if with a shudder : quiver
 < a rumbling roar … the windows rattle and the floor shudders sickeningly — Michael Allen >
 < the train slowed, shuddered, halted, the air brakes panting — Marc Brandel >
transitive verb
: to cause to shudder : shake
 < the chill of an age-old recognition shuddered my spine — Arthur Miller >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : an act or instance of shuddering : tremor
 < a shudder of alarm ran … through the senate house — J.A.Froude >
 < the … shudder of the ship as her screw comes above the surface — F.A.Swinnerton >
2.
 a. : an involuntary tremor of the body (as from fear, horror, or cold)
  < shrank back with a strong shudder — Zane Grey >
 b. shudders plural : a fit of shuddering — usually used with the
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