vibrate
verb /vaɪˈbreɪt/
/ˈvaɪbreɪt/
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
| 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/ |
- 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。
- 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.
锣声仍在空气中振动。 - The walls seemed to vibrate with the deafening music from upstairs.
随着楼上震耳欲聋的音乐，墙壁似乎在震动。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- slightly
- softly
- …
- seem to
- through
- with
词源late 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’. - vibrate (something) Every time a train went past the walls vibrated.