quaver

quaver
verb
[no obj.]
  1. (of a person's voice) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion
    (人的嗓音)颤抖(尤指因紧张或激动而)
noun
  1. a shake or tremble in a person's voice
    (人的声音的)颤抖
  2. (Music, chiefly Brit.)a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem
    (乐主英)八分音符。 亦称eighth note
派生
quaveringly
adverb
quavery
adjective
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense 'tremble'): from dialect quave 'quake, tremble', probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent.) as a musical term
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