英语词典 · 单词释义
quiver
英 ['kwɪvə] 美 ['kwɪvɚ]
这里集中整理“quiver”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词,方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
单词速览
词义详解
翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 颤抖;箭袋;震动
- vi. 颤抖;振动
- vt. 使…颤动;抖动
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
第三人称单数: quivers;过去式: quivered;过去分词: quivered;现在分词: quivering;
助记提示
1. quaver => quiver.
中文词源
quiver 颤动,颤抖
来自qu-所表示的拟声词,模仿松软,颤动或颤抖的声音,词源同quake,quiver.
英文词源
- quiver (v.)
- "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb.
- quiver (n.)
- "case for holding arrows," early 14c., from Anglo-French quiveir, Old French quivre, cuivre, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *kukur "container" (cognates: Old High German kohhari, German Köcher, Old Saxon kokar, Old Frisian koker, Old English cocur "quiver"); "said to be from the language of the Huns" [Barnhart]. Related: Quiverful.
双语例句
- 1. Mack made his voice quiver with fear on these last two words.
- 麦克说出最后这两个字时,吓得声音颤抖。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I felt a quiver of panic.
- 我内心感到一阵恐慌。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Can you feel a quiver of her hands?
- 你感觉到她的手在发抖 吗 ?
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. This adds another arrow to their quiver.
- 这个举措给他们的箭筒加多了一支箭。
来自辞典例句
- 5. The flower seemed to quiver, and then swayed gently to and fro.
- 花儿似乎在颤动, 接着轻轻地来回摇摆.
来自辞典例句
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