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vibrate

verb
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪt/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they vibrate
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪt/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪt/
he / she / it vibrates
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪts/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪts/
past simple vibrated
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪtɪd/
past participle vibrated
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪtɪd/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪtɪd/
-ing form vibrating
🔊/vaɪˈbreɪtɪŋ/
🔊/ˈvaɪbreɪtɪŋ/
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  1. to move or make something move from side to side very quickly and with small movements（使）振动，颤动，摆动
    • vibrate (something) Every time a train went past the walls vibrated.每当火车驶过，这些墙都会震动。🔊🔊
    • vibrate with something The atmosphere seemed to vibrate with tension.气氛似乎紧张得发颤。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • The thuds vibrated through the car.汽车砰砰直颤。
    • The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate.他们脚下的地面开始震动。
    • The male spider will vibrate one of the threads of the female spider's web.雄蜘蛛会拨动雌蜘蛛网的其中一根蛛丝。
    • The sound of the gong was still vibrating in the air.锣声仍在空中颤动。
    • The walls seemed to vibrate with the deafening music from upstairs.墙壁似乎随着楼上震耳欲聋的音乐而震动。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • gently
    • slightly
    • softly
    • …
    verb + vibrate
    • seem to
    preposition
    • through
    • with
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    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘give out light or sound as if by vibration’): from Latin vibrat- ‘moved to and fro’, from the verb vibrare ‘vibrate’.