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单词 quavery
释义
quavery
adjective
uk
/ˈkweɪ.vər.i/us
/ˈkweɪ.vɚ.i/
(alsoquavering,uk
/-ɪŋ/us
)
Ifyourvoiceis quavery, itshakesslightly, usually because you arenervous,frightened,sad, etc.:
（声音）颤抖的
"You can'tletthem in here," he said in a quaveryvoice.“你不能让他们进来“，他用颤抖的声音说。
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quaver
More examples
  • Margaret'svoicewas still quavery.
  • "What do youwant?" sheasked,furiouswith herself forproducingsuch a high, quaverysound.
  • the quaveryindecisionof hervoice
  • Curtisconfidesin a quaveringvoicethat he's beenfeelingsadandlonelyas one of the fewcollegestudentslivingin aviolenthousingproject.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of talking
  • babble
  • beg the questionidiom
  • blah
  • blether
  • blither
  • coo
  • declaim
  • declamatory
  • drone on
  • gabble
  • loose
  • mumble
  • pipe
  • quaver
  • ramble
  • rattle on/away
  • talk trashidiom
  • throwyourvoiceidiom
  • trill
  • yak
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(Definition ofquaveryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofquavery

quavery
It came out each aquavery, hissing failure that the ones in the boat, pushing away from the sloop, peered and chuckled.
FromProject Gutenberg
The thin voice suffered thequaveryattrition of surprise.
FromProject Gutenberg
That brought a smile to her lips--aquavery, uncertain little smile but an augury of better ones to come.
FromProject Gutenberg
She looked in a recipe book, stirred, clapped her hands, sang hair-raising incantations in aquaveryvoice, and added a pinch of salt and sulfur.
FromProject Gutenberg
Her voice rose shrill withquaverypassion; she tried to steady her feeble little frame with blue-veined hands on the massive arms of her chair.
FromProject Gutenberg
I repeated, with aquaveryfeeling just under my floating ribs, alarmed at the after-light of audacity that still rested on his face, like wine-glow on a rocky mountain-tip.
FromProject Gutenberg
His call grewquaveryand furtive.
FromProject Gutenberg
He talked broken an'quavery, an' it took him a long time to finish; but when he did quit, he turned on his bad breathin' again.
FromProject Gutenberg
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