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词汇 quaver
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quaver

verb
/ˈkweɪvə(r)/
/ˈkweɪvər/
[intransitive, transitive]
动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they quaver
/ˈkweɪvə(r)/
/ˈkweɪvər/
he / she / it quavers
/ˈkweɪvəz/
/ˈkweɪvərz/
past simple quavered
/ˈkweɪvəd/
/ˈkweɪvərd/
past participle quavered
/ˈkweɪvəd/
/ˈkweɪvərd/
-ing form quavering
/ˈkweɪvərɪŋ/
/ˈkweɪvərɪŋ/
  1. (+ speech) if somebody’s voice quavers, it is unsteady, usually because the person is nervous or afraid(嗓音因紧张或害怕等)颤抖,颤动
    • ‘I'm not safe here, am I?’ she asked in a quavering voice.“我在这里不安全吧?” 她用颤抖的声音问道。
    Collocations DictionaryQuaver is used with these nouns as the subject:
    • voice
    词源late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) as a musical term.

quaver

noun
/ˈkweɪvə(r)/
/ˈkweɪvər/
  1. enlarge image
    (British English)
    (North American English eighth note)
    (music音乐) a note that lasts half as long as a crotchet八分音符
    Topics Musicc2
  2. [usually singular] a shaking sound in somebody’s voice颤抖的嗓音
  3. 词源late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) as a musical term.
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