quiver

quiv·er1 /ˈkwɪvə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI]

SHAKEto shake slightly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excited etc 颤抖，发抖 SYN tremble

The child was quivering in her arms.

那孩子在她怀里发抖。

Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.

她嘴唇微微哆嗦着，转过头去。

quiver with indignation/anger etc

I lay there quivering with fear.

我躺在那儿，害怕得直发抖。

His voice was quivering with rage.

他气得声音都打战了。

Examples from the Corpus

quiver• You push the spring down and you can feel it quivering.• Down the, moving beyond a curtain of quivering air, she saw the stage, perhaps with letters.• Her lip quivered, and tears rolled down her cheeks.• John's hands were quivering as he put down his papers and started his speech.• Golden slivers of sunlight seeped through the interstices of the jute wall, and the talon-shaped leave quivered in some secret sign.• We stand like three old trees in winter, quivering in the gloom.• The ground quivered under my feet.• He quivered, very slightly, all over, as though he were perished with cold.• It quivered when he touched it.• Her lips quivered wildly and she gestured behind her at nothing.• The children stood there quivering with excitement as I opened the package.• As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry, Biff sat impotently for only a few moments.

quiver2 noun [countableC]

1 SHAKEa slight trembling 轻微的颤抖

quiver of fear/anxiety/anticipation etc

I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.

我激动得全身一阵颤抖。

2. DLOa long case for carrying arrows 箭筒，箭囊，箭袋

Examples from the Corpus

quiver• When morning came she went to her store-chamber where among many treasures was a great bow and a quiver full of arrows.• I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.• Never a quiver or a moan.• He felt not a quiver of fear, not a doubt of his own powers.• He extended a hand: not a quiver.• Her knees touched his and the tiny contact sent a quiver of anticipation up her spine.• An ivory quiver hung upon her left shoulder and in her hand was a bow.

quiver of fear/anxiety/anticipation etc• He felt not a quiver of fear, not a doubt of his own powers.• Her knees touched his and the tiny contact sent a quiver of anticipation up her spine.

Origin quiver1

(1400-1500) Probably from quiver “active, quick” ((13-19 centuries)), from an unrecorded Old English cwifer

quiver2

1. (1700-1800) → QUIVER1

2. (1300-1400) Old French quivre

quiv·er1 verbquiver2 noun

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