quaver
英['kweɪvə]
美['kwevɚ]
- vt. 颤抖
- vi. 颤抖；发颤音
- n. 颤抖；八分音符；颤音
词态变化
第三人称单数: quavers;过去式: quavered;过去分词: quavered;现在分词: quavering;形容词: quavery;
助记提示
1. quake => quave => quaver.
2. 谐音“亏完、快完”----快完了、快完蛋了，这时候肯定很激动、很害怕，所以会颤抖，颤抖地说。
3. 这是拟声词，模拟因寒冷等原因而不断地颤抖时所发出的那种“喔喔喔喔”的声音，并伴随有牙齿咯吱咯吱响的声音。
4. quaver <=====> quiver, shiver.
5. 谐音“快嗡”-----快速地“嗡嗡嗡嗡”地响，声音不就是快速的振动、颤抖而产生的吗？
6. “呜呜”地响-----颤抖的声音。
7. 谐音“快舞”。
中文词源
quaver 颤动，颤抖来自qu-所表示的拟声词，模仿松软，颤动或颤抖的声音，词源同quaver,quake.
英文词源
- quaver
- quaver: [15] Quaver was derived from an earlier and now obsolete Middle English quave ‘tremble’. This was of Germanic origin (Low German has the related quabbeln ‘tremble’), and probably started life as a vocal realization of the action of trembling. The use of the noun quaver for a short musical note (first recorded in the 16th century) comes from the original singing of such notes with a trill.
- quaver (v.)
- "to vibrate, tremble," early 15c., probably a frequentative of cwavien "to tremble, shake" (early 13c.), which probably is related to Low German quabbeln "tremble," and possibly of imitative origin. Meaning "sing in trills or quavers" first recorded 1530s. Related: Quavered; quavering.
- quaver (n.)
- 1560s, in music, "eighth note," from quaver (v.). Meaning "a tremble in the voice" is from 1748.
双语例句
- 1. "That's true," chipped in Quaver.
- “此话不假，”奎弗插嘴道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There was a quaver in Beryl's voice.
- 贝丽尔的声音有一丝颤抖.
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. She restrained herself with difficulty from showing a quaver in her voice.
- 她努力克制住自己,不让自己的声音发抖.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 4. There was the least quaver in her voice as she said this.
- "她这么说时,声音几乎没有颤抖.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 5. Her voice was pitched unusually low to suppress the quaver.
- 她声音异常沉着,好把嗓子里的震颤压下去.
来自汉英文学 - 围城