quaver英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A trembling shake.
A trembling of the voice, as in speaking or singing.
an eighth note, drawn as a crotchet (quarter note) with a tail.

— The crotchets and quavers are dancing up and down the stave like little black boys on a fence.

动词 v.

To shake in a trembling manner.
To use the voice in a trembling manner, as in speaking or singing. intransitive

— "Aw come on, guys!" The woman, clearly overwhelmed by the force of the two friends' personalities, quavered on the point of tears.
To utter quaveringly. transitive

— We shall hear her quavering them […] to some sprightly airs of the opera.

词形变化

quavers plural quavers present,singular,third-person quavering participle,present quavered participle,past quavered past

词汇关系

衍生词

demiquaver demisemiquaver hemidemisemiquaver quaver rest semiquaver quaverer quaveringly quaverous quavery unquavering

词源

词源 1

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.

词源 2

From Middle English quaveren, frequentative form of quaven, cwavien (“to tremble”), equivalent to quave + -er. Cognate with Low German quabbeln (“to quiver”), German quabbeln, quappeln (“to quiver”). More at quave, quab, quiver.