Word · Frequency #12102
vibrate
振动；颤动；抖动
to move back and forth rapidly, shake slightly, or throb
- 1.
To shake with small, rapid movements to and fro.
振动；颤动
- 2.
To resonate.
共鸣；共振
- 3.
To brandish; to swing to and fro.
挥舞；来回摆动
- 4.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
通过来回移动进行标记或测量
- 5.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
使振动；引起振动
- 6.
To use vibrato.
使用颤音
振动；颤动；共鸣；共振；挥舞；来回摆动；通过来回移动进行标记或测量；使振动；引起振动
In use
The floor vibrates whenever the subway passes.
Her phone vibrated silently on the wooden table.
The loud music made the windows vibrate.
sth vibrates
不及物用法，表示物体自身振动。
The mobile phone vibrated silently on the table.
手机在桌上无声地振动。
vibrate sth
及物用法，表示使某物振动。
The speaker vibrates the air to produce sound.
扬声器振动空气以产生声音。
vibrate with sth
表示因某种情绪或状态而颤动。
Her voice vibrated with emotion as she spoke.
她说话时声音因激动而颤抖。
Connections
Collocations
- vibrate with excitement
- 因兴奋而颤动
- The crowd vibrated with excitement as the band walked on stage.乐队走上舞台时，人群因兴奋而颤动。
- phone vibrates
- 手机震动
- My phone vibrated during the meeting, so I turned it off.会议期间我的手机震动了，所以我把它关了。
- vibrate violently
- 剧烈振动
- The old washing machine vibrates violently when spinning.这台旧洗衣机脱水时剧烈振动。
- vibrate at a frequency
- 以某个频率振动
- Each string vibrates at its own natural frequency.每根弦都以自身的固有频率振动。
- vibrate continuously
- 持续振动
- The phone vibrated continuously on the table, but no one answered it.手机在桌上持续振动，但没人接听。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象手机在桌上震动：v像波浪形，brate读起来像一连串快速的“brr”，合起来就是“微（vi）颤（brate）”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常描述手机、机器或身体部位的振动、物理或技术场景中描述物体快速颤动 该义项表示物体快速小幅来回移动，属于中性常用表达，日常描述手机振动、机器颤动等都很自然，在物理或技术说明中也会出现。正式程度适中，多用于一般叙述，不一定要用更正式的词语。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Celebrate and calibrate share the ‘-brate’ spelling and end in /-breɪt/, matching American English vibrate (/ˈvaɪbreɪt/). In British English vibrate is /vaɪˈbreɪt/, so the stress shifts. Create, debate, and translate also end in -ate, but their final syllable is stressed /-eɪt/; they rhyme with each other, not with vibrate.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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