quiver
quiver 英 [ˈkwɪvə(r)] 美 [ˈkwɪvɚ]
n. 颤抖；箭袋；震动 vi. 颤抖；振动 vt. 使…颤动；抖动
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- Scaredy cats around the globe know that quivering is a trembling, shaking motion. A cold gust of wind might make you quiver, as would an icy glare from the abominable snowman.
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- n. 颤抖；箭袋；震动
- vi. 颤抖；振动
- vt. 使…颤动；抖动
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1. As he speaks, he massages his temples with fingers that quiver slightly with exhaustion.
说话时，可以看到他略显疲惫的用颤抖的手指按摩太阳穴。
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2. Billions penetrate every square centimetre of the Earth’s surface every second without so much as a quiver. This makes them rather hard to detect.
在每秒钟时间里，会有数十亿中微子穿过每平方厘米地球表面，而不会引起任何震动，这令它们很难被发现。
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3. Adam and Eve as the divine groom and bride is one Biblical arrow in the quiver of same-sex union opponents.
作为神圣的新郎和新娘，在同性婚姻对手们的颤抖中，亚当和夏娃是一支《圣经》之箭。
- quiver (n.) "case for holding arrows," early 14c., from Anglo-French quiveir, Old French quivre, cuivre, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *kukur "container" (source also of Old High German kohhari, German Köcher, Old Saxon kokar, Old Frisian koker, Old English cocur "quiver"); "said to be from the language of the Huns" [Barnhart]. Related: Quiverful.
- quiver (v.) "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick (adj.)). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb.
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