华美点痣:quiver,shake,shiver,tremble都是"颤抖",有何区别?

shake， tremble， quake， quiver， shiver， shudder
These verbs mean to manifest involuntary vibratory movement.
这些动词意味着显示出不由自主的振动。

Shake is the most general:
Shake 是最普通的：
The child's small body shook with weeping.
孩子的小身躯因抽泣而抖动。
The floor shook when she walked across the room.
当她穿过房间时地板晃动。

Tremble implies quick, rather slight movement, as from excitement, weakness, or anger:
Tremble 意指迅速、相当轻微的运动，由于激动、虚弱或生气引起：
I could feel the youngster's hand tremble in mine.
我能感到那个年轻人的手在我的手中颤抖。
The apple blossoms trembled in the wind.
苹果花在风中摇曳。

Quake refers to more violent movement, as that caused by shock or upheaval:
Quake 指更强烈的运动，如由于冲击或巨变引起发抖：
I was so terrified that my legs began to quake.
我被吓坏了，连腿都开始发抖。

Quiver suggests a slight, rapid, tremulous movement:
Quiver 暗指轻微的、快速的、震颤的运动：
“Her lip quivered like that of a child about to cry” (Booth Tarkington).
“她的嘴唇抖动着，就象一个要哭的孩子” （伯斯·塔金顿）。

Shiver involves rapid, rather slight trembling, as of a person experiencing chill:
Shiver 意指受寒后快速、相当轻微的颤抖：
“as I in hoary winter night stood shivering in the snow” (Robert Southwell).
“我站在古老的冬日雪夜中颤抖” （罗伯特·索恩韦尔）。

Shudder applies chiefly to convulsive shaking caused by fear, horror, or revulsion:
Shudder 主要指由于恐惧、恐怖或心情的突变引起的骤发性震动：
“She starts like one that spies an adder / . . . The fear whereof doth make him shake and shudder” (Shakespeare).See also Synonyms at agitate, dismay
“她象看到蝮蛇一般突然跳起来/…这种恐惧使他震颤” （莎士比亚）参见同义词 agitate， dismay

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