quiver

US: /ˈkwɪvɝ/
UK: /kwˈɪvɐ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


quiver /'kwivə/
  • danh từ
    • bao đựng tên
    • to have an arrow left in one's quiver
      • (xem) arrow
    • a quite full of children
      • gia đình đông con
    • to have one's quiver full
      • đông con
  • danh từ
    • sự rung, sự run
    • tiếng rung, tiếng run
    • nội động từ
      • rung; run
        • voice quivers: giọng nói run run
    • ngoại động từ
      • vỗ nhẹ, đập nhẹ (cánh)

    Advanced English dictionary


    verb, noun
    + verb [V] to shake slightly; to make a slight movement
    Synonym: TREMBLE
    Her lip quivered and then she started to cry. + The memory of that day made him quiver with anger.
    + noun
    1 an emotion that has an effect on your body; a slight movement in part of your body: He felt a quiver of excitement run through him. + Jane couldn't help the quiver in her voice.
    2 a case for carrying arrows

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 shake, tremble, vibrate, shiver, quaver; shudder, tremor, oscillate, fluctuate, wobble:
    He felt his lips quivering as he told her that he was dying. The outcome of the contest quivered in the balance.
    n.
    2 tremble, quaver, shudder, spasm, shake, tremor, shiver:
    Pierced by the dart, the tiny bird fell to the earth, gave a little quiver, and lay still.

    Concise English dictionary


    quivers|quivered|quivering'kwɪvə(r)
    noun
    +an almost pleasurable sensation of fright
    +a shaky motion
    +case for holding arrows
    +the act of vibrating
    verb
    +shake with fast, tremulous movements
    +move back and forth very rapidly
    +move with or as if with a regular alternating motion