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单词 quiver
释义
quiver
verb[I]
uk
/ˈkwɪv.ər/us
/ˈkwɪv.ɚ/
toshakeslightly, often because ofstrongemotion:
（常指因激动而）颤抖，发抖
Lennie'sbottomlipquivered andtearsstartedin hiseyes.伦尼的下唇颤抖着，眼里涌出了泪花。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • chatter
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • recoil
  • shaky
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • toss
  • tremulous
  • whip
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quiver
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkwɪv.ər/us
/ˈkwɪv.ɚ/

quivernoun[C](CONTAINER)

along,thincontainerforcarryingarrows
箭筒；箭囊
picture of quiver
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Target sports
  • aim
  • archer
  • archery
  • arrow
  • arrowhead
  • bolt
  • bullseye
  • clay pigeon
  • dart
  • dartboard
  • end
  • marksmanship
  • riflery
  • ringer
  • shooter
  • shooting gallery
  • target
  • target practice
  • toxophilite
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quivernoun[C](SHAKE)

aslightshake, often because ofstrongemotion:
（常指因激动而）颤抖，发抖
Theopeningbarsof themusicsentaquiverofexcitementthrough thecrowd.音乐起始的几小节让人群顿时兴奋激动起来。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making short, sudden movements
  • aquiver
  • chatter
  • convulse
  • convulsion
  • convulsive
  • cringe
  • flick
  • jerkily
  • jerkiness
  • jerky
  • jig
  • jiggle
  • quake
  • recoil
  • shaky
  • shudder
  • squirm
  • toss
  • tremulous
  • whip
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(Definition ofquiverfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

quiver| American Dictionary

quiver
verb[I]
us
/ˈkwɪv·ər/
toshakeslightly;tremble:
Thedogquivered withfear.

quiver

noun[C]us
/ˈkwɪv·ər/
A quiver ofexcitementranthrough thecrowd.
(Definition ofquiverfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquiver

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The whole mood quivers on the edge of parody, as in a quasi-expressionist comic opera.
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I can only suppose it would reduce him to a quivering pinkish jelly, because the arguments really would not overwhelm a dead fly.
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I have seen men quivering with fear, green with fear but going on and behaving like heroes.
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Draughts for fingers quivering for a crinkling wage packet.
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On both sides people live in quivering peace.
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They are trying to hide, quivering, behind their officials when there is no doubt where the constitutional responsibility lies.
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He launched upon us facts and figures which our quivering intellects could hardly grasp.
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Will he stop acting like a quivering jellyfish?
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I have had brand-new cars which show such quivers.
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I personally would not recognise any marks or quivers.
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We have heard enough quivering voices.
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Today, we could hear the gears grinding as he came before us, lip quivering once again, to eat all those words that he has pronounced so emphatically for so long.
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We are living in a quivering peace.
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I wished to put her right in that if she bought a car and saw the needle quivering, that would not necessarily mean that it had been clocked.
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The resemblance lies mainly in its dichotomous branching habit, as it usually grows stems too short to be of much use for making quivers.
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