shiver

Word family nounshiverershiveringadverbshiveringlyadjectiveshiveryverbshiver

shiv·er1 /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ verb [intransitiveI]

SHAKEto shake slightly because you are cold or frightened 〔因寒冷或害怕而〕颤抖，哆嗦，发抖 SYN tremble

Jake stood shivering in the cold air.

大冷天里，杰克站着冻得瑟瑟发抖。

shiver with cold/fear/delight etc

She shivered with fear and anger.

她又是害怕，又是气愤，身体直发抖。

Examples from the Corpus

shiver• It was a strange place, and as he looked up at it now, he shivered.• Sensitive to cold, always shivering.• The water was cold, and Robbie shivered.• He passed her with one sidelong glitter of let eyes, and left her shivering.• Children shivered a few feet away from it.• A few moments later he shivered again, sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it.• Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.• I still felt nauseated, both sweating and shivering, as we walked down the corridor to my room.• You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?• I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.• She shivered suddenly, and her arm caught the folder of photographs, knocking it on to the floor.• They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.• Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.• There were a couple of men under the tarp with us, shivering with fever.

shiver with cold/fear/delight etc• My hand hurt just as much and now I was shivering with cold.• There was Fox Street, flanked by tall grass that shivered with cold.• Towards morning she woke limp and exhausted, shivering with cold.• She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.• Perhaps when Samuel Oglethorpe shivered with cold and the shiver passed down his arm into George Grindal's shoulder.• She was breathless, shivering with cold as she hid herself behind the curtains of the four-poster.• They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them, the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all.• I was already shivering with cold, but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly.

shiver2 noun [countableC]

1 SHAKEa slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear 〔因寒冷或恐惧引起的〕颤抖，发抖 SYN tremble

A shiver ran through (=went through) me.

我浑身一阵颤抖。

shiver of

She felt a shiver of apprehension.

她感觉身体因为恐惧而抖了一下。

→4 See picture of 见图 shiver

2. give you the shivers informalFRIGHTENED to make you feel afraid 使人打寒战，使人害怕

Examples from the Corpus

give you the shivers• Just thinking about flying in an airplane gives me the shivers.• Rail privatisation gives them the shivers.

→ send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine at send(10)

Examples from the Corpus

shiver• The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.• Wilson saw the doubt in her eyes and the droop of her body and felt a shiver pass through her own.• She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.• The thought of sleeping in such an old house sent a shiver through her.• The story he told me sent a shiver down my spine.• The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her that instantly she sought to crush.• "It's freezing!" Tom said with a shiver.• A shiver of cold ran through him when he stepped outside.• A shiver went over her and she became angry at herself.• He was some one I'd seen in my head before: one of those bundles of shivers in books.• With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.• He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.

shiver ran through• At the realisation, a shiver ran through her body.

Origin shiver1

(1400-1500) chiver “to shiver” ((13-16 centuries)), perhaps from chavel “to talk without purpose, chatter” ((13-14 centuries)), from Old English ceafl “jaw”

单词	shiver
释义	shiver Word family nounshiverershiveringadverbshiveringlyadjectiveshiveryverbshiver shiv·er1 /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [intransitiveI] SHAKEto shake slightly because you are cold or frightened 〔因寒冷或害怕而〕颤抖，哆嗦，发抖 SYN tremble Jake stood shivering in the cold air. 大冷天里，杰克站着冻得瑟瑟发抖。 shiver with cold/fear/delight etc She shivered with fear and anger. 她又是害怕，又是气愤，身体直发抖。 Examples from the Corpus shiver• It was a strange place, and as he looked up at it now, he shivered.• Sensitive to cold, always shivering.• The water was cold, and Robbie shivered.• He passed her with one sidelong glitter of let eyes, and left her shivering.• Children shivered a few feet away from it.• A few moments later he shivered again, sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it.• Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.• I still felt nauseated, both sweating and shivering, as we walked down the corridor to my room.• You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?• I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.• She shivered suddenly, and her arm caught the folder of photographs, knocking it on to the floor.• They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.• Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.• There were a couple of men under the tarp with us, shivering with fever. shiver with cold/fear/delight etc• My hand hurt just as much and now I was shivering with cold.• There was Fox Street, flanked by tall grass that shivered with cold.• Towards morning she woke limp and exhausted, shivering with cold.• She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.• Perhaps when Samuel Oglethorpe shivered with cold and the shiver passed down his arm into George Grindal's shoulder.• She was breathless, shivering with cold as she hid herself behind the curtains of the four-poster.• They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them, the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all.• I was already shivering with cold, but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly. shiver2 noun [countableC] 1 SHAKEa slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear 〔因寒冷或恐惧引起的〕颤抖，发抖 SYN tremble A shiver ran through (=went through) me. 我浑身一阵颤抖。 shiver of She felt a shiver of apprehension. 她感觉身体因为恐惧而抖了一下。 →4 See picture of 见图 shiver 2. give you the shivers informalFRIGHTENED to make you feel afraid 使人打寒战，使人害怕 Examples from the Corpus give you the shivers• Just thinking about flying in an airplane gives me the shivers.• Rail privatisation gives them the shivers. → send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine at send(10) Examples from the Corpus shiver• The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.• Wilson saw the doubt in her eyes and the droop of her body and felt a shiver pass through her own.• She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.• The thought of sleeping in such an old house sent a shiver through her.• The story he told me sent a shiver down my spine.• The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her that instantly she sought to crush.• "It's freezing!" Tom said with a shiver.• A shiver of cold ran through him when he stepped outside.• A shiver went over her and she became angry at herself.• He was some one I'd seen in my head before: one of those bundles of shivers in books.• With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.• He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black. shiver ran through• At the realisation, a shiver ran through her body. Origin shiver1 (1400-1500) chiver “to shiver” ((13-16 centuries)), perhaps from chavel “to talk without purpose, chatter” ((13-14 centuries)), from Old English ceafl “jaw”
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