no obj.
- (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。
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- 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.
他盯着她看的样子, 让她心里直颤抖。
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the shivers
a spell or an attack of trembling, typically as a result of fear or horror（因恐惧而产生的）寒颤：a look that gave him the shivers.
叫他直打寒颤的表情。
派生词
shiverer
nounshiveringly
adverbshivery
adjective词源
Middle English chivere, perhaps an alteration of dialect chavele 'to chatter', from Old English ceafl 'jaw'.
(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。
短语
shiver my timbers
- a mock oath attributed to sailors真见鬼（水手使用的诅咒语）。
词源
Middle English: from a Germanic base meaning 'to split'; related to German Schiefer 'slate'.