shiver
US: /ˈʃɪvɝ/
UK: /ʃˈɪvɐ/
UK: /ʃˈɪvɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
shiver /'ʃivə/
- danh từ
- sự run, sự rùng mình (vì rét, vì sợ...)
- it gives me the shivers to think of it: cứ nghĩ đến việc ấy là tôi lại rùng mình
- sự run, sự rùng mình (vì rét, vì sợ...)
- nội động từ
- run, rùng mình
- to shiver with cold: run vì lạnh
- to shiver with fear: rùng mình vì sợ
- run, rùng mình
- danh từ ((thường) số nhiều)
- mảnh vỡ, miếng vỡ
- mảnh vỡ, miếng vỡ
- động từ
- đập vỡ, đánh vỡ; vỡ
- shiver my timbers!
- chết trôi! chết tiệt! hà bá lôi đi! (câu rủa của thuỷ thủ)
Advanced English dictionary
verb, noun
+ verb [V] ~ (with sth) (of a person) to shake slightly because you are cold, frightened, excited, etc: to shiver with cold / tiredness / excitement / pleasure + Don't stand outside shivering-come inside and get warm! + He shivered at the thought of the cold, dark sea.
+ noun
1 [C] a sudden shaking movement of your body because you are cold, frightened, excited, etc: The sound of his voice sent shivers down her spine. + He felt a cold shiver of fear run through him. + She gave a little shiver as she walked into the cold room.
2 (the shivers) [pl.] shaking movements of your body because of fear or a high temperature: I don't like him. He gives me the shivers. + Symptoms include headaches, vomiting and the shivers.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 shake, quake, tremble, shudder, quiver:
We sat in our wet clothes, shivering in the cold. The old shack shivered in the wind
2 vibrate, luff, flap, flutter, chatter, rattle, shake, wallop:
The sails shivered violently in the stiff breeze.
n.
3 shake, quake, tremble, shudder, quiver, thrill, frisson, trembling, tremor, flutter:
She gave a little shiver and then snuggled into my arms.
4 the shivers. trembling, shivering, goose-pimples or goose bumps, Colloq the shakes, US the chills:
He's had malaria and occasionally gets the shivers. Those horror films give me the shivers.
v.
shatter, fragment, splinter, disintegrate, rupture, explode, implode, smash (to smithereens), crash:
The light-bulb fell and shivered into a million fragments.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
little, slight, small | involuntary | sudden, unexpected | cold | delicious
a delicious shiver of pleasure
VERB + SHIVER
give
She gave a little shiver and laughed.
| feel
He felt a shiver of excitement.
| send
His appearance sent a cold shiver down her spine.
| suppress
She tried to suppress a shiver of anticipation.
SHIVER + VERB
go, pass, ripple, run
A shiver of unease ran through the audience.
PREP.
with a ~
‘I'm scared, ’ she admitted, with a shiver.
| ~ of
a shiver of fear
PHRASES
give sb the shivers
Just thinking about flying gives me the shivers.
ADV.
convulsively, uncontrollably, violently | a little, slightly | involuntarily
She shivered involuntarily as he approached her.
VERB + SHIVER
begin to, start to | make sb
His cruel and callous comments made me shiver.
PREP.
at
He shivered at the thought of it.
| with
I was shivering with cold.
Concise English dictionary
shivers|shivered|shivering'ʃɪvə(r)
noun
+a reflex motion caused by cold or fear or excitement
+an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
verb
+tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement
+shake, as from cold
