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quiver

verb
🔊/ˈkwɪvə(r)/
🔊/ˈkwɪvər/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they quiver
🔊/ˈkwɪvə(r)/
🔊/ˈkwɪvər/
he / she / it quivers
🔊/ˈkwɪvəz/
🔊/ˈkwɪvərz/
past simple quivered
🔊/ˈkwɪvəd/
🔊/ˈkwɪvərd/
past participle quivered
🔊/ˈkwɪvəd/
🔊/ˈkwɪvərd/
-ing form quivering
🔊/ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/
🔊/ˈkwɪvərɪŋ/
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  1. to shake slightly; to make a slight movement轻微颤动；抖动；抽动；哆嗦 synonym tremble
    • Her lip quivered and then she started to cry.她嘴唇微微一颤就哭了起来。🔊🔊
    • The memory of that day made him quiver with anger.那天的记忆使他感到愤怒。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryQuiver is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • antenna
    • chin
    • lip
    • …
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    Word Originverb Middle English: from Old English cwifer ‘nimble, quick’. The initial qu- is probably symbolic of quick movement (as in quaver and quick).

quiver

noun
🔊/ˈkwɪvə(r)/
🔊/ˈkwɪvər/
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  1. an emotion that has an effect on your body; a slight movement in part of your body强烈感情；哆嗦；微颤；抖动
    • He felt a quiver of excitement run through him.他觉得浑身上下都兴奋起来。🔊🔊
    • Jane couldn't help the quiver in her voice.简不禁声音颤抖。🔊🔊
  2. a case for carrying arrows箭筒；箭套
    3. Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English: from Old English cwifer ‘nimble, quick’. The initial qu- is probably symbolic of quick movement (as in quaver and quick). noun sense 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French quiveir, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch koker and German Köcher.