quivering
present participle ofquiver
| 单词 | quivering |
| 释义 | quivering present participle ofquiver quiver verb[I] uk/ˈkwɪv.ər/us/ˈkwɪv.ɚ/toshakeslightly, often because ofstrongemotion: Lennie'sbottomlipquivered andtearsstartedin hiseyes. Making short, sudden movements
Examplesofquiveringquivering In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Quiveringfrom excitement or nervousness is easily transferable through fingertips, and received by the listener as an expression, even if artificial, of that particular state. From theCambridge English Corpus The manner in which this was done was so approachable and friendly that it immediately put aquiveringwreck on a more even keel. From theCambridge English Corpus Thequiveringmotion can be identified as the fluctuations of the mean rotation motion. From theCambridge English Corpus Besides this spinning motion, the grain may also exhibit aquiveringmotion corresponding to fluctuations on the mean spinning motion. From theCambridge English Corpus Janet asked the first of her many highly considered questions and thequiveringbegan again in earnest! From theCambridge English Corpus I can only suppose it would reduce him to aquiveringpinkish jelly, because the arguments really would not overwhelm a dead fly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen menquiveringwith fear, green with fear but going on and behaving like heroes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 On both sides people live inquiveringpeace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They are trying to hide,quivering, behind their officials when there is no doubt where the constitutional responsibility lies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He launched upon us facts and figures which ourquiveringintellects could hardly grasp. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Will he stop acting like aquiveringjellyfish? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We have heard enoughquiveringvoices. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English Today, we could hear the gears grinding as he came before us, lipquiveringonce again, to eat all those words that he has pronounced so emphatically for so long. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are living in aquiveringpeace. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I wished to put her right in that if she bought a car and saw the needlequivering, that would not necessarily mean that it had been clocked. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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