tremulant

名词 n. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mechanical component of a musical organ, designed to add vibration to the sounds produced by the instrument.
    — The tremulant is a small apparatus that gives to the tone of any department of an organ to which it may be applied a waving or undulating effect.
形容词 adj.
  1. Trembling, tremulous.
    — The night air wrapped them warmly, and the balm of the little breezes that stirred the foliage around them was the smell of damask roses from the garden. . . . She stood by the bench, one hand resting on it; she stood all in the tremulant shadow.

词形变化

more tremulant comparative most tremulant superlative tremulants plural

词源

词源 1
From Medieval Latin tremulāns (“trembling, shaking”), ultimately from Latin tremēre (“to tremble, shake”).
词源 2
From Italian tremolante (“trembling, shaking”).
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