Definition of tremble in English:

tremble

verb ˈtrɛmb(ə)lˈtrɛmbəl

[no object]

1Shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.
（尤指因焦虑、兴奋或虚弱而）颤抖，战栗
Isobel was trembling with excitement
伊泽贝尔激动得发抖。
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘When the first truckload arrived, my hand was slightly trembling when shooting,’ he wrote.
- His eyes were dull and he was trembling slightly.
- My hands trembled slightly as I locked my bike in front of the Rittenhouse Hotel.
- The rain had stopped an hour ago and now a chill swept the air, rustling damp leaves and cutting through bare flesh which shook, trembled, beneath its rabid touch.
- It was still trembling, so slightly he could barely feel it.
- My body quivered, my hands trembled, and my eyes began to fill with tears.
- And he smote the air with his fists, and believers trembled with excitement.
- I trembled with excitement as my ship rumbled to life.
- He removed his own coat, putting it around her scrawny shoulders which were trembling slightly, then reached down to place her hand in his.
- Ivory's lip trembled slightly and her body shook with fear.
- He trembled slightly and said he wanted to be friends.
- Adam walked beside me, still trembling slightly.
- Her hand trembled slightly, and then it began to positively shake.
- She's composed, but her lower lip's trembling slightly, and every few seconds, she'd bite it to try make it stop.
- He had broken out into a sweat and was trembling slightly.
- Still trembling slightly, I returned to the kitchen and made a pot of strong coffee.
- With her slim fingers slightly trembling, Amy disengaged the key he'd given her from her ring and let it spill from her hand to the floor.
- She began to tremble slightly in anticipation.
- She could feel his hands trembling slightly at her waist.
- She could hear her raging heart beat wildly in her ears and she trembled with excitement and anxiety.
Synonyms
shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate
quaver, waver
rare tremor, quave
1. 1.1 Be in a state of extreme apprehension.
  极为担心，忧虑
  with infinitive I tremble to think that we could ever return to conditions like these
  一想到我们可能重陷那种境地时，我就不寒而栗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It made him tremble to think that the people may be allowed to make this decision.
  Synonyms
  be afraid, be fearful, be filled with fear, be frightened, be apprehensive, worry, be anxious, be in a state of anxiety, shake in one's shoes
  quail, shrink from, blench from, blanch from
  informal be in a blue funk, be all of a tremble, be all of a quiver
2. 1.2 Shake or quiver slightly.
  晃动，颤动
  the earth trembled beneath their feet
  大地在他们脚下颤动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I looked around with amazement as the earth trembled beneath my feet.
  The call made her insides chill and stopped her in her tracks as the earth trembled slightly.
  The entire world seemed to tremble beneath his feet from the sheer magnitude of the howl, more powerful than a thousand lions' roars.
  A woman in Sheffield told the cameras that her dressing table had trembled slightly but nothing had fallen off.
  The bleached earth trembled beneath the soles of my boots.
  The ground is still trembling beneath our feet.
  Suddenly, a low grunting sound could be heard, and the very earth trembled beneath them.
  Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the dagger trembling slightly.
  The pair then hurry back to the now deserted village with Kong in hot pursuit, the earth trembling beneath his very step.
  Upon entering the mist, they could hear thundering hooves from the other side as the ground trembled beneath their feet.
  Synonyms
  shake, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, vibrate, move, sway, totter, teeter

noun ˈtrɛmb(ə)lˈtrɛmbəl

1A trembling feeling, movement, or sound.
战栗，颤抖，打抖
there was a slight tremble in his voice
他声音有些颤抖。
Example sentencesExamples
- Without warning, she felt the tremble of a sob wrench her body to the floor, hot tears pouring down her cheeks.
- The thought of a battle sent more adrenaline coursing through her, but she successfully kept the tremble out of her voice.
- When the fish shakes its feelers, they thought, a slight tremble would occur.
- When she firmly pressed her hand upon it, the door gave a slight tremble.
- His breath was warm on my face and I could swear I heard a tremble in his voice… or maybe that was just me.
- Even when Mr. Taylor reminds Lisa and I about our detention I only experience a slight tremble.
- Jennifer grabbed her car door for support, and was heated with the evanescence of the shock wave, a slight tremble of the ground.
- It was all she could do to keep the tremble from reaching her voice, and keep the eye contact from breaking.
- There was a slight tremble just before that which had a magnitude of around 1.1.
- ‘But I do now, and I ask it still,’ Elaine said insistently, but there was a tremble in her voice now.
- But eventually everyone focused back on the subject at hand when the tremble in the arbitrator's voice hinted his conclusion.
- Lex drew it along his forearm with smooth precision, savoring the slight tremble under the blade.
- She felt it with a tremble of happiness and hope as her dreary eyes watched the clouds turn from pink to white, the sky from orange to blue…
- And yet what I hear is so remote, a tremble displaced in time, so indifferent, its spent passion whizzing above my immobile frame.
- The tremble of torpedoes and guns and the whine of planes sounded from somewhere far above.
- I heard the tremble in his voice as he said her name, like he was afraid to mention her.
- When I woke the next morning, it was with a pounding headache and a slight tremble in my limbs.
- I tip-toed across the room to cast a tentative arm across the tremble of her shoulders.
- Stuffing a strand of hair behind her ear, Darcy answered without a tremble in her voice, though inside she felt like her bones had turned to jelly.
- Finally coming back to herself, she tried to hide the tremble in her voice.
Synonyms
tremor, shake, shakiness, trembling, quiver, twitch, twitchiness
2the tremblesinformal A physical or emotional condition marked by trembling.
〈非正式〉震颤病
Example sentencesExamples
- In his situation, many a man has come down with the trembles.
1. 2.1
  another term for milk sickness

Phrases

all of a tremble

informal Extremely agitated or excited.
〈非正式〉极度紧张，极为激动的
Example sentencesExamples
- I declare I was all of a tremble for fear Mr. Box should come in before Mr. Cox went out.
- I held on by him, for he had set me all of a tremble with his notion of a sail in sight, and watched for the Long-boat again.
- I had to slam the door, and there I stood, all of a tremble, till I knew he had gone.
- It wasn't funny to me, though; I was all of a tremble to see his danger.
- Somehow, I knowed it was Jesus, an’ right den I waked up all of a tremble, an’ knowed it was a warnin’ dat I mus’ foller de Lord.
- He could stand only half of it, nervously snapped off the switch, went to bed all of a tremble.
- I came out all of a tremble, and began turning the spit.
- This coincidence threw the prophet almost into a frenzy, and the poor people were all of a tremble.
- ‘I'm all of a tremble - I've gone all wishy-washy,’ said Mrs Pepper after the Prince had left.
- My own brother, we grew up together; and I am all of a tremble, all of a tremble!

Derivatives

tremblingly

adverb ˈtrɛmb(ə)lɪŋliˈtrɛmb(ə)lɪŋli

"Please don't make me do it," she pleaded tremblingly.
Example sentencesExamples
- We tremblingly awaited lightning bolts.
- Tremblingly and in whispers, their terrible secret was revealed.
- I waited tremblingly for my turn to walk up to the platform.
- Her voice is cut off and I put a hand tremblingly to my mouth.

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French trembler, from medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (see tremulous).

Rhymes

assemble, dissemble, Kemble, resemble

Definition of tremble in US English:

tremble

verbˈtrembəlˈtrɛmbəl

[no object]

1Shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.
（尤指因焦虑、兴奋或虚弱而）颤抖，战栗
Isobel was trembling with excitement
伊泽贝尔激动得发抖。
Example sentencesExamples
- She could feel his hands trembling slightly at her waist.
- He removed his own coat, putting it around her scrawny shoulders which were trembling slightly, then reached down to place her hand in his.
- Ivory's lip trembled slightly and her body shook with fear.
- I trembled with excitement as my ship rumbled to life.
- The rain had stopped an hour ago and now a chill swept the air, rustling damp leaves and cutting through bare flesh which shook, trembled, beneath its rabid touch.
- She could hear her raging heart beat wildly in her ears and she trembled with excitement and anxiety.
- My body quivered, my hands trembled, and my eyes began to fill with tears.
- Still trembling slightly, I returned to the kitchen and made a pot of strong coffee.
- She's composed, but her lower lip's trembling slightly, and every few seconds, she'd bite it to try make it stop.
- He had broken out into a sweat and was trembling slightly.
- With her slim fingers slightly trembling, Amy disengaged the key he'd given her from her ring and let it spill from her hand to the floor.
- Adam walked beside me, still trembling slightly.
- He trembled slightly and said he wanted to be friends.
- She began to tremble slightly in anticipation.
- His eyes were dull and he was trembling slightly.
- It was still trembling, so slightly he could barely feel it.
- And he smote the air with his fists, and believers trembled with excitement.
- ‘When the first truckload arrived, my hand was slightly trembling when shooting,’ he wrote.
- My hands trembled slightly as I locked my bike in front of the Rittenhouse Hotel.
- Her hand trembled slightly, and then it began to positively shake.
Synonyms
shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate
1. 1.1 Be in a state of extreme apprehension.
  极为担心，忧虑
  with infinitive I tremble to think that we could ever return to conditions like these
  一想到我们可能重陷那种境地时，我就不寒而栗。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It made him tremble to think that the people may be allowed to make this decision.
  Synonyms
  be afraid, be fearful, be filled with fear, be frightened, be apprehensive, worry, be anxious, be in a state of anxiety, shake in one's shoes
2. 1.2usually as adjective trembling (of a person's voice) sound unsteady or hesitant.
  （人的嗓音）颤抖
3. 1.3 Shake or quiver slightly.
  晃动，颤动
  the earth trembled beneath their feet
  大地在他们脚下颤动。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Suddenly, a low grunting sound could be heard, and the very earth trembled beneath them.
  The entire world seemed to tremble beneath his feet from the sheer magnitude of the howl, more powerful than a thousand lions' roars.
  Upon entering the mist, they could hear thundering hooves from the other side as the ground trembled beneath their feet.
  I looked around with amazement as the earth trembled beneath my feet.
  The ground is still trembling beneath our feet.
  The bleached earth trembled beneath the soles of my boots.
  The call made her insides chill and stopped her in her tracks as the earth trembled slightly.
  A woman in Sheffield told the cameras that her dressing table had trembled slightly but nothing had fallen off.
  The pair then hurry back to the now deserted village with Kong in hot pursuit, the earth trembling beneath his very step.
  Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the dagger trembling slightly.
  Synonyms
  shake, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, vibrate, move, sway, totter, teeter

nounˈtrembəlˈtrɛmbəl

1A trembling feeling, movement, or sound.
战栗，颤抖，打抖
there was a slight tremble in his voice
他声音有些颤抖。
Example sentencesExamples
- When the fish shakes its feelers, they thought, a slight tremble would occur.
- ‘But I do now, and I ask it still,’ Elaine said insistently, but there was a tremble in her voice now.
- She felt it with a tremble of happiness and hope as her dreary eyes watched the clouds turn from pink to white, the sky from orange to blue…
- But eventually everyone focused back on the subject at hand when the tremble in the arbitrator's voice hinted his conclusion.
- Stuffing a strand of hair behind her ear, Darcy answered without a tremble in her voice, though inside she felt like her bones had turned to jelly.
- When she firmly pressed her hand upon it, the door gave a slight tremble.
- It was all she could do to keep the tremble from reaching her voice, and keep the eye contact from breaking.
- There was a slight tremble just before that which had a magnitude of around 1.1.
- I heard the tremble in his voice as he said her name, like he was afraid to mention her.
- Jennifer grabbed her car door for support, and was heated with the evanescence of the shock wave, a slight tremble of the ground.
- And yet what I hear is so remote, a tremble displaced in time, so indifferent, its spent passion whizzing above my immobile frame.
- Lex drew it along his forearm with smooth precision, savoring the slight tremble under the blade.
- Even when Mr. Taylor reminds Lisa and I about our detention I only experience a slight tremble.
- The thought of a battle sent more adrenaline coursing through her, but she successfully kept the tremble out of her voice.
- When I woke the next morning, it was with a pounding headache and a slight tremble in my limbs.
- I tip-toed across the room to cast a tentative arm across the tremble of her shoulders.
- Without warning, she felt the tremble of a sob wrench her body to the floor, hot tears pouring down her cheeks.
- Finally coming back to herself, she tried to hide the tremble in her voice.
- His breath was warm on my face and I could swear I heard a tremble in his voice… or maybe that was just me.
- The tremble of torpedoes and guns and the whine of planes sounded from somewhere far above.
Synonyms
tremor, shake, shakiness, trembling, quiver, twitch, twitchiness
2the tremblesinformal A physical or emotional condition marked by trembling.
〈非正式〉震颤病
Example sentencesExamples
- In his situation, many a man has come down with the trembles.
1. 2.1
  another term for milk sickness

Origin

Middle English (as a verb): from Old French trembler, from medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (see tremulous).

单词	tremble
释义	Definition of tremble in English: tremble verb ˈtrɛmb(ə)lˈtrɛmbəl [no object] 1Shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty. （尤指因焦虑、兴奋或虚弱而）颤抖，战栗 Isobel was trembling with excitement 伊泽贝尔激动得发抖。 Example sentencesExamples ‘When the first truckload arrived, my hand was slightly trembling when shooting,’ he wrote. His eyes were dull and he was trembling slightly. My hands trembled slightly as I locked my bike in front of the Rittenhouse Hotel. The rain had stopped an hour ago and now a chill swept the air, rustling damp leaves and cutting through bare flesh which shook, trembled, beneath its rabid touch. It was still trembling, so slightly he could barely feel it. My body quivered, my hands trembled, and my eyes began to fill with tears. And he smote the air with his fists, and believers trembled with excitement. I trembled with excitement as my ship rumbled to life. He removed his own coat, putting it around her scrawny shoulders which were trembling slightly, then reached down to place her hand in his. Ivory's lip trembled slightly and her body shook with fear. He trembled slightly and said he wanted to be friends. Adam walked beside me, still trembling slightly. Her hand trembled slightly, and then it began to positively shake. She's composed, but her lower lip's trembling slightly, and every few seconds, she'd bite it to try make it stop. He had broken out into a sweat and was trembling slightly. Still trembling slightly, I returned to the kitchen and made a pot of strong coffee. With her slim fingers slightly trembling, Amy disengaged the key he'd given her from her ring and let it spill from her hand to the floor. She began to tremble slightly in anticipation. She could feel his hands trembling slightly at her waist. She could hear her raging heart beat wildly in her ears and she trembled with excitement and anxiety. Synonyms shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate quaver, waver rare tremor, quave 1.1 Be in a state of extreme apprehension. 极为担心，忧虑 with infinitive I tremble to think that we could ever return to conditions like these 一想到我们可能重陷那种境地时，我就不寒而栗。 Example sentencesExamples It made him tremble to think that the people may be allowed to make this decision. Synonyms be afraid, be fearful, be filled with fear, be frightened, be apprehensive, worry, be anxious, be in a state of anxiety, shake in one's shoes quail, shrink from, blench from, blanch from informal be in a blue funk, be all of a tremble, be all of a quiver 1.2 Shake or quiver slightly. 晃动，颤动 the earth trembled beneath their feet 大地在他们脚下颤动。 Example sentencesExamples I looked around with amazement as the earth trembled beneath my feet. The call made her insides chill and stopped her in her tracks as the earth trembled slightly. The entire world seemed to tremble beneath his feet from the sheer magnitude of the howl, more powerful than a thousand lions' roars. A woman in Sheffield told the cameras that her dressing table had trembled slightly but nothing had fallen off. The bleached earth trembled beneath the soles of my boots. The ground is still trembling beneath our feet. Suddenly, a low grunting sound could be heard, and the very earth trembled beneath them. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the dagger trembling slightly. The pair then hurry back to the now deserted village with Kong in hot pursuit, the earth trembling beneath his very step. Upon entering the mist, they could hear thundering hooves from the other side as the ground trembled beneath their feet. Synonyms shake, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, vibrate, move, sway, totter, teeter noun ˈtrɛmb(ə)lˈtrɛmbəl 1A trembling feeling, movement, or sound. 战栗，颤抖，打抖 there was a slight tremble in his voice 他声音有些颤抖。 Example sentencesExamples Without warning, she felt the tremble of a sob wrench her body to the floor, hot tears pouring down her cheeks. The thought of a battle sent more adrenaline coursing through her, but she successfully kept the tremble out of her voice. When the fish shakes its feelers, they thought, a slight tremble would occur. When she firmly pressed her hand upon it, the door gave a slight tremble. His breath was warm on my face and I could swear I heard a tremble in his voice… or maybe that was just me. Even when Mr. Taylor reminds Lisa and I about our detention I only experience a slight tremble. Jennifer grabbed her car door for support, and was heated with the evanescence of the shock wave, a slight tremble of the ground. It was all she could do to keep the tremble from reaching her voice, and keep the eye contact from breaking. There was a slight tremble just before that which had a magnitude of around 1.1. ‘But I do now, and I ask it still,’ Elaine said insistently, but there was a tremble in her voice now. But eventually everyone focused back on the subject at hand when the tremble in the arbitrator's voice hinted his conclusion. Lex drew it along his forearm with smooth precision, savoring the slight tremble under the blade. She felt it with a tremble of happiness and hope as her dreary eyes watched the clouds turn from pink to white, the sky from orange to blue… And yet what I hear is so remote, a tremble displaced in time, so indifferent, its spent passion whizzing above my immobile frame. The tremble of torpedoes and guns and the whine of planes sounded from somewhere far above. I heard the tremble in his voice as he said her name, like he was afraid to mention her. When I woke the next morning, it was with a pounding headache and a slight tremble in my limbs. I tip-toed across the room to cast a tentative arm across the tremble of her shoulders. Stuffing a strand of hair behind her ear, Darcy answered without a tremble in her voice, though inside she felt like her bones had turned to jelly. Finally coming back to herself, she tried to hide the tremble in her voice. Synonyms tremor, shake, shakiness, trembling, quiver, twitch, twitchiness 2the tremblesinformal A physical or emotional condition marked by trembling. 〈非正式〉震颤病 Example sentencesExamples In his situation, many a man has come down with the trembles. 2.1 another term for milk sickness Phrases all of a tremble informal Extremely agitated or excited. 〈非正式〉极度紧张，极为激动的 Example sentencesExamples I declare I was all of a tremble for fear Mr. Box should come in before Mr. Cox went out. I held on by him, for he had set me all of a tremble with his notion of a sail in sight, and watched for the Long-boat again. I had to slam the door, and there I stood, all of a tremble, till I knew he had gone. It wasn't funny to me, though; I was all of a tremble to see his danger. Somehow, I knowed it was Jesus, an’ right den I waked up all of a tremble, an’ knowed it was a warnin’ dat I mus’ foller de Lord. He could stand only half of it, nervously snapped off the switch, went to bed all of a tremble. I came out all of a tremble, and began turning the spit. This coincidence threw the prophet almost into a frenzy, and the poor people were all of a tremble. ‘I'm all of a tremble - I've gone all wishy-washy,’ said Mrs Pepper after the Prince had left. My own brother, we grew up together; and I am all of a tremble, all of a tremble! Derivatives tremblingly adverb ˈtrɛmb(ə)lɪŋliˈtrɛmb(ə)lɪŋli "Please don't make me do it," she pleaded tremblingly. Example sentencesExamples We tremblingly awaited lightning bolts. Tremblingly and in whispers, their terrible secret was revealed. I waited tremblingly for my turn to walk up to the platform. Her voice is cut off and I put a hand tremblingly to my mouth. Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French trembler, from medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (see tremulous). Rhymes assemble, dissemble, Kemble, resemble verb.1 phr. Definition of tremble in US English: tremble verbˈtrembəlˈtrɛmbəl [no object] 1Shake involuntarily, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty. （尤指因焦虑、兴奋或虚弱而）颤抖，战栗 Isobel was trembling with excitement 伊泽贝尔激动得发抖。 Example sentencesExamples She could feel his hands trembling slightly at her waist. He removed his own coat, putting it around her scrawny shoulders which were trembling slightly, then reached down to place her hand in his. Ivory's lip trembled slightly and her body shook with fear. I trembled with excitement as my ship rumbled to life. The rain had stopped an hour ago and now a chill swept the air, rustling damp leaves and cutting through bare flesh which shook, trembled, beneath its rabid touch. She could hear her raging heart beat wildly in her ears and she trembled with excitement and anxiety. My body quivered, my hands trembled, and my eyes began to fill with tears. Still trembling slightly, I returned to the kitchen and made a pot of strong coffee. She's composed, but her lower lip's trembling slightly, and every few seconds, she'd bite it to try make it stop. He had broken out into a sweat and was trembling slightly. With her slim fingers slightly trembling, Amy disengaged the key he'd given her from her ring and let it spill from her hand to the floor. Adam walked beside me, still trembling slightly. He trembled slightly and said he wanted to be friends. She began to tremble slightly in anticipation. His eyes were dull and he was trembling slightly. It was still trembling, so slightly he could barely feel it. And he smote the air with his fists, and believers trembled with excitement. ‘When the first truckload arrived, my hand was slightly trembling when shooting,’ he wrote. My hands trembled slightly as I locked my bike in front of the Rittenhouse Hotel. Her hand trembled slightly, and then it began to positively shake. Synonyms shake, shake like a leaf, quiver, twitch, palpitate 1.1 Be in a state of extreme apprehension. 极为担心，忧虑 with infinitive I tremble to think that we could ever return to conditions like these 一想到我们可能重陷那种境地时，我就不寒而栗。 Example sentencesExamples It made him tremble to think that the people may be allowed to make this decision. Synonyms be afraid, be fearful, be filled with fear, be frightened, be apprehensive, worry, be anxious, be in a state of anxiety, shake in one's shoes 1.2usually as adjective trembling (of a person's voice) sound unsteady or hesitant. （人的嗓音）颤抖 1.3 Shake or quiver slightly. 晃动，颤动 the earth trembled beneath their feet 大地在他们脚下颤动。 Example sentencesExamples Suddenly, a low grunting sound could be heard, and the very earth trembled beneath them. The entire world seemed to tremble beneath his feet from the sheer magnitude of the howl, more powerful than a thousand lions' roars. Upon entering the mist, they could hear thundering hooves from the other side as the ground trembled beneath their feet. I looked around with amazement as the earth trembled beneath my feet. The ground is still trembling beneath our feet. The bleached earth trembled beneath the soles of my boots. The call made her insides chill and stopped her in her tracks as the earth trembled slightly. A woman in Sheffield told the cameras that her dressing table had trembled slightly but nothing had fallen off. The pair then hurry back to the now deserted village with Kong in hot pursuit, the earth trembling beneath his very step. Out of the corner of her eye, she could see the dagger trembling slightly. Synonyms shake, shudder, judder, wobble, rock, vibrate, move, sway, totter, teeter nounˈtrembəlˈtrɛmbəl 1A trembling feeling, movement, or sound. 战栗，颤抖，打抖 there was a slight tremble in his voice 他声音有些颤抖。 Example sentencesExamples When the fish shakes its feelers, they thought, a slight tremble would occur. ‘But I do now, and I ask it still,’ Elaine said insistently, but there was a tremble in her voice now. She felt it with a tremble of happiness and hope as her dreary eyes watched the clouds turn from pink to white, the sky from orange to blue… But eventually everyone focused back on the subject at hand when the tremble in the arbitrator's voice hinted his conclusion. Stuffing a strand of hair behind her ear, Darcy answered without a tremble in her voice, though inside she felt like her bones had turned to jelly. When she firmly pressed her hand upon it, the door gave a slight tremble. It was all she could do to keep the tremble from reaching her voice, and keep the eye contact from breaking. There was a slight tremble just before that which had a magnitude of around 1.1. I heard the tremble in his voice as he said her name, like he was afraid to mention her. Jennifer grabbed her car door for support, and was heated with the evanescence of the shock wave, a slight tremble of the ground. And yet what I hear is so remote, a tremble displaced in time, so indifferent, its spent passion whizzing above my immobile frame. Lex drew it along his forearm with smooth precision, savoring the slight tremble under the blade. Even when Mr. Taylor reminds Lisa and I about our detention I only experience a slight tremble. The thought of a battle sent more adrenaline coursing through her, but she successfully kept the tremble out of her voice. When I woke the next morning, it was with a pounding headache and a slight tremble in my limbs. I tip-toed across the room to cast a tentative arm across the tremble of her shoulders. Without warning, she felt the tremble of a sob wrench her body to the floor, hot tears pouring down her cheeks. Finally coming back to herself, she tried to hide the tremble in her voice. His breath was warm on my face and I could swear I heard a tremble in his voice… or maybe that was just me. The tremble of torpedoes and guns and the whine of planes sounded from somewhere far above. Synonyms tremor, shake, shakiness, trembling, quiver, twitch, twitchiness 2the tremblesinformal A physical or emotional condition marked by trembling. 〈非正式〉震颤病 Example sentencesExamples In his situation, many a man has come down with the trembles. 2.1 another term for milk sickness Origin Middle English (as a verb): from Old French trembler, from medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus (see tremulous).
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