tremulous

英 [ˈtremjələs]

美 [ˈtremjələs]

adj.  (因紧张)颤抖的，战栗的; 使打战的; 使颤动的

GRE医学

BNC.26269 / COCA.24494

牛津词典

adj.

• （因紧张）颤抖的，战栗的；使打战的；使颤动的
  shaking slightly because you are nervous; causing you to shake slightly
  1. a tremulous voice
     颤抖的声音
  2. He was in a state of tremulous excitement.
     他激动得直发抖。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (声音或动作)震颤的，颤抖的，打战的；（笑容）怯生生的，不自然的
  If someone's voice, smile, or actions aretremulous, they are unsteady because the person is uncertain, afraid, or upset.
  1. She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
     她在椅子上坐立不安，轻颤着深吸了一口气。

英英释义

adj

• (of the voice) quivering as from weakness or fear
  1. the old lady's quavering voice
  2. spoke timidly in a tremulous voice
  Synonym:quavering

双语例句

• 'Yes, sir,'replied Oliver, in a low, tremulous voice.
  “是，先生。”奥立弗哆哆嗦嗦地低声答道。
• ( music) a tremulous effect produced by rapid repetition of a single tone or rapid alternation of two tones. This produces an effect called syncopation& another characteristic of jazz.
  （音乐）由于迅速重复某个声音而引起的震颤的声音效果。这便产生了切分音的效果。这种切分音是爵土音乐的另一个特征。
• Gerald's kisses still burned on her lips and the touch of his hands was tremulous on her arms.
  杰拉尔德的吻仍然在她嘴唇上发烧，他双手的接触仍在她手臂上传流。
• The old lady's quavering voice; spoke timidly in a tremulous voice.
  老女人颤抖的声音；说话时声音因害羞而颤抖。
• Men are timid, tremulous, rather soft and submissive, easy in their very henlike tremulousness.
  男人胆小发抖，非常温驯，并如母鸡一样瑟瑟发抖时才感到自在。
• The fabric of her life, of all that constituted her, quivered and grew tremulous.
  她生命的机制、她整个的结构都不禁震动、战栗起来。
• She fidgeted in her chair as she took a deep, tremulous breath.
  她在椅子上坐立不安，轻颤着深吸了一口气。
• Despite these trends, personal preferences also play into whether mother sounds more beautiful than inglenook, and tremulous.
  不过抛开这些语音趋势，mother是否比inglenook和tremulous听起来更优美，个人喜好也发挥了很大作用。
• And we recount the twelve tremulous strokes of our experience, our life, our being, but unfortunately count wrong.
  我们描述我们的经验，我们的一生，我们的存在的十二道钟声，但是不幸的，我们数错了。
• The old man's voice had become at once tremulous.
  老人的声音一下子变得颤抖了。