• n. 颤抖；箭袋；震动
• vi. 颤抖；振动
• vt. 使…颤动；抖动

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quake,quiver.

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). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb.

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" (cognates: 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.

1. Mack made his voice quiver with fear on these last two words.

麦克说出最后这两个字时，吓得声音颤抖。

来自柯林斯例句

2. I felt a quiver of panic.

我内心感到一阵恐慌。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Can you feel a quiver of her hands?

你感觉到她的手在发抖 吗 ?

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. This adds another arrow to their quiver.

这个举措给他们的箭筒加多了一支箭。

来自辞典例句

5. The flower seemed to quiver, and then swayed gently to and fro.

花儿似乎在颤动, 接着轻轻地来回摇摆.

来自辞典例句