shiver
shiver1
verb
shiverer
noun
shiveringly
adverb
shivery
adjective
语源
shiver2
noun
shiver my timbers
verb
- [noobj.](of a person or animal) shake slightly and uncontrollably as a result of being cold, frightened, or excited
（人或动物因寒冷、惊吓或兴奋而）颤抖，哆嗦
they shivered in the damp foggy cold.
他们在湿冷的雾天直哆嗦。
- a momentary trembling movement
颤抖，发抖
she gave a little shiver as the wind flicked at her bare arms.
当风拂过她裸露的手臂时，她颤抖了一下。
the way he looked at her sent shivers down her spine.
他看着她的样子，让她心里直颤抖。
■(the shivers)a spell or an attack of trembling, typically as a result of fear or horror
（因恐惧而）寒颤
a look that gave him the shivers.
叫他直打寒颤的表情。
shiverer
noun
shiveringly
adverb
shivery
adjective
语源
- Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele 'to chatter', from Old English ceafl 'jaw'
shiver2
noun
- (一般作 shivers)each of the small fragments into which something such as glass is shattered when broken; a splinter
碎片；裂片
- [no obj.](rare)break into such splinters or fragments
(罕)粉碎；敲碎
the world seemed to shiver into a million splinters of prismatic colour.
世界似乎碎成数百万五光十色的裂片。
shiver my timbers
- a mock oath attributed to sailors
真见鬼（水手使用的诅咒语）
- Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning 'to split'; related to German Schiefer 'slate'
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