Tra từ quiver - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
indignation
▪ The nurse's chin quivered in indignation as she reported that the girl was no more than a child.
lip
▪ My knees were knocking and my lips quivering, making it difficult to get round the words.
▪ He looked at me and his lips quivered.
▪ She was standing in the doorway in her nightie and her lip was quivering.
▪ Her lips quivered wildly and she gestured behind her at nothing.
▪ Have you noticed, whenever an Eastender talks about his mum, his lip starts quivering.
▪ However, their bottom lips still quiver when the ball is stolen from them.
▪ Her face was drawn and weary, her upper lip was quivering, the arm inside the bag was shaking.
mouth
▪ His mouth quivered, and then with a blind, clumsy movement they put their arms round each other.
▪ There was a nerve at the side of his mouth quivering with the effort of control.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Her lip quivered, and tears rolled down her cheeks.
▪ John's hands were quivering as he put down his papers and started his speech.
▪ The children stood there quivering with excitement as I opened the package.
▪ The ground quivered under my feet.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ As their striding Emperor quivered with the unleashing of its weaponry, Biff sat impotently for only a few moments.
▪ Down the, moving beyond a curtain of quivering air, she saw the stage, perhaps with letters.
▪ Golden slivers of sunlight seeped through the interstices of the jute wall, and the talon-shaped leave quivered in some secret sign.
▪ He quivered, very slightly, all over, as though he were perished with cold.
▪ Her lips quivered wildly and she gestured behind her at nothing.
▪ It quivered when he touched it.
▪ We stand like three old trees in winter, quivering in the gloom.
▪ You push the spring down and you can feel it quivering.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ An ivory quiver hung upon her left shoulder and in her hand was a bow.
▪ He extended a hand: not a quiver.
▪ He felt not a quiver of fear, not a doubt of his own powers.
▪ Her knees touched his and the tiny contact sent a quiver of anticipation up her spine.
▪ Never a quiver or a moan.
▪ When morning came she went to her store-chamber where among many treasures was a great bow and a quiver full of arrows.

quiver

I. quiv‧er¹ /ˈkwɪvə $ -ər/ verb [INTRANSITIVE]
[date : 1400-1500; Origin : Probably from quiver 'active, quick' (13-19 centuries), from an unrecorded Old English cwifer]
to shake slightly because you are cold, or because you feel very afraid, angry, excited etc SYN tremble:
　 ▪ The child was quivering in her arms.
　 ▪ Her mouth quivered slightly as she turned away.
quiver with indignation/anger etc
　 ▪ I lay there quivering with fear.
　 ▪ His voice was quivering with rage.
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THESAURUS
person
▪shake if a person or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden continuous movements from side to side or up and down, especially because they are very frightened, cold, ill etc :
　 ▪ Suddenly he started to shake. ‘Don’t ever scare me like that again!’ he whispered.
　 ▪ The poor girl was shaking.
▪shudder to shake for a short time, especially because you think of something very unpleasant, or because you feel frightened or cold :
　 ▪ Corbett shuddered when he thought of what might have happened to them.
　 ▪ I shuddered when I read the article.
　 ▪ He was still shuddering with the cold.
　 ▪ She clung to him, shuddering with emotion.
▪tremble to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, worried, or angry :
　 ▪ Ernest opened the letter in silence, his hands trembling.
　 ▪ Her whole body trembled with fear.
　 ▪ He hadn’t dared to move. He was trembling with shock.
　 ▪ ‘I won’t be coming back,’ she said, her body trembling with anger.
▪shiver to shake slightly, especially only a few times, because you are cold or frightened :
　 ▪ She shivered, pulling her coat closer around herself.
　 ▪ You make me shiver when you talk like that.
▪quiver especially literary to shake slightly and continuously because you are very worried or excited – used especially about someone’s lips, mouth, or body :
　 ▪ Her bottom lip began to quiver, and she turned away to hide her tears.
　 ▪ Alice’s eyes began to fill with tears and her mouth quivered. ‘I 'm going away,’ she said.
▪wobble to move unsteadily from side to side :
　 ▪ Mrs Hamilton wobbled precariously on her high heels.
▪rock to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side :
　 ▪ He rocked to and fro in his chair.

II. quiver² noun [COUNTABLE]
Sense 1: [date : 1700-1800; Origin : ⇨ quiver¹]
Sense 2: [date : 1300-1400; Language : Old French; Origin : quivre]
1. a slight trembling
quiver of fear/anxiety/anticipation etc
　 ▪ I felt a quiver of excitement run through me.

2. a long case for carrying arrows