Word · Frequency #23485
quiverings
颤抖；颤动；抖动
quiverings is the plural of quivering.
A trembling or shaking motion.
- 1.
A motion by which something quivers or trembles.
颤抖或发抖的动作
颤抖或发抖的动作；颤动的；抖动的
In use
The quivering of her voice revealed her nervousness.
He tried to hide the quivering of his hands during the interview.
The quivering of the leaves suggested a gentle breeze outside.
the quivering of sth
常用于描述身体部位或物体细微的颤抖。
The quivering of his hands betrayed his nerves.
他双手的颤抖暴露了他的紧张。
with a quivering in [sb's voice]
多用于文学作品，表示声音因情绪而轻微发抖。
He spoke with a quivering in his voice.
他说话时声音里带着颤抖。
quiverings of [emotion]
quivering 作可数名词时常用复数形式 quiverings，与表示情感的名词搭配。
She felt quiverings of excitement as the curtain rose.
帷幕升起时，她感到一阵阵兴奋的颤动。
Common mistakes
I felt quivering in my hands.I felt a quivering in my hands.
quivering 在这里是可数名词，表示一次颤抖的动作，前面需要有不定冠词 a；汉语没有冠词概念，容易漏掉。
There was a quivering on his voice.There was a quivering in his voice.
表示“声音里的颤抖”时，quivering 后用 in 引出所在之处；用 on 是受了汉语“在……上”的影响。
Connections
Collocations
- a quivering of the lip
- 嘴唇的一阵颤抖
- With a quivering of the lip, she began to cry.嘴唇一阵颤抖，她哭了起来。
- a slight quivering
- 轻微的颤动
- There was a slight quivering in the leaves as the wind picked up.起风时，树叶有轻微的颤动。
- quivering in one's voice
- 声音中的颤抖
- I could hear a quivering in his voice when he talked about the accident.他谈到那场事故时，我能听出他声音里的颤抖。
- nervous quivering
- 紧张的颤抖
- The dog's nervous quivering stopped when I petted it.我抚摸那只狗时，它紧张的颤抖停了下来。
- muscle quivering
- 肌肉颤动
- Muscle quivering after exercise usually goes away quickly.运动后的肌肉颤动通常会很快消失。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一片树叶在风中“quick”地微微抖动，记住 quiver（颤抖）+ -ing，就是“颤抖的动作”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：written descriptions、emotional narration 该名词用法通常见于书面描写或文学叙事，口语中更常用动词或形容词形式。多用于描述因情绪、寒冷或紧张引起的轻微抖动。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵（重读元音及其后的发音相同）的是 shivering /ˈʃɪvərɪŋ/。delivering /dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ/ 拼写末尾同样是 -vering，但重音在第二音节，所以不押韵。quick /kwɪk/、quiz /kwɪz/、quilt /kwɪlt/ 只共享开头的 /kwɪ/ 音，并非整词押韵。quiver /ˈkwɪvər/ 拼写几乎相同，但少了末尾的 /ɪŋ/。
Learn the forms together
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