| 释义 | quaver1 verbquaver2 nounquaverqua‧ver1 /ˈkweɪvə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive, transitive]    quaverOrigin:1400-1500 quave  ‘to shake’ (13-19 centuries) VERB TABLEquaver |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | quaver |  |  | he, she, it | quavers |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | quavered |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have quavered |  |  | he, she, it | has quavered |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had quavered |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will quaver |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have quavered | 
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 | Present | I | am quavering |  |  | he, she, it | is quavering |  |  | you, we, they | are quavering |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was quavering |  |  | you, we, they | were quavering |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been quavering |  |  | he, she, it | has been quavering |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been quavering |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be quavering |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been quavering | 
if your voice quavers, it shakes as you speak, especially because you are nervous or upset:Her voice quavered as she recounted details of the attack.
 ‘It’s not true,’ she said, in a quavering voice.  ‘No,’ he quavered.—quavery adjectivequaver1 verbquaver2 nounquaverquaver2 noun [countable]    Finally, the third rhythm forms a contrastingly smooth arpeggio which sweeps upwards in pairs of quavers.His voice carried a barely perceptible quaver.The quaver would be far too quick for the pizzicato, especially in chord work like this.The rapid bowed quavers of the former become the rapid staccato semiquavers of the latter.The repeating shape of the accompaniment in quavers is designed to recur only at the first beat of the seventh bar.The smile appears forced, unsteady, seems to quaver, though it is frozen in silver nitrate.
► COLOURS & SOUNDS1British English a musical note which continues for an eighth of the length of a semibreve SYN eighth note American English2a shaking sound in your voiceablaze, adjectiveacoustic, adjectiveacoustics, nounaglow, adjectivebaa, verbbabble, verbbabble, nounbabel, nounbaby talk, nounbackfire, verbbackground, nounbang, nounbang, verbbang, interjectionbark, verbbark, nounbattle cry, nounbay, verbbeat, verbbeat, nounbellow, verbbellow, nounblare, verbblast, nounbleat, verbbleep, nounbleep, verbblip, nounbong, nounboom, nounboom, verbbowwow, interjectionbrassy, adjectivebray, verbbrazen, adjectivebreathy, adjectivebubble, verbbump, nounchatter, verbchatter, nounclink, verbclink, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncrackle, verbcrackling, nouncrash, verbcrash, nouncreak, verbcreaky, adjectivecroak, verbcroak, nouncrow, nouncrow, verbcrunch, nouncrunch, verbding-dong, noundiscord, noundiscordant, adjectivedrone, verbdrone, noundrown, verbdrum, verbdrumbeat, noundrumming, noundull, adjectiveecho, verbecho, nounfizz, verbflat, adjectivefootfall, nounfootstep, nounfusillade, noungrinding, adjectivegroan, verbgroan, noungrunt, verbgrunt, nounguffaw, verbgunshot, nounguttural, adjectivehigh, adjectivehigh, adverbhiss, verbindistinct, adjectiveirregular, adjectivelow, verbmarbled, adjectivematching, adjectivemellow, adjectivemelodic, adjectivemelodious, adjectivemetallic, adjectivemoan, verbmoan, nounmodulate, verbmonotone, nounmoo, verbmurmur, verbmurmur, nounmusical, adjectivemusically, adverbmute, verbnasal, adjectivenoise, nounoink, interjectionoof, interjectionpatter, verbpatter, nounpeal, nounpeal, verbpenetrating, adjectivepercussion, nounpsychedelic, adjectivepulse, nounputter, verbquack, verbquack, nounquaver, nounracket, nounrasp, verbrasp, nounraspberry, nounrat-a-tat, nounrattle, nounraucous, adjectivereedy, adjectivereport, nounresonance, nounresonant, adjectiveresonate, verbresonator, nounresound, verbresounding, adjectivereverberate, verbreverberation, nounrich, adjectivering, nounring, verbringing, adjectiveripple, verbripple, nounroar, nounroaring, adjectiveroll, verbrough, adjectiverustle, verbrustle, nounscratch, verbscratch, nounscream, verbscream, nounscrunch, verbsmoky, adjectivesnarl, verbsoft, adjectivesoft-spoken, adjectivesonorous, adjectivesotto voce, adverbsplosh, verbsweet, adjectiveswoosh, verbtick-tock, nountinny, adjectivetonal, adjectivevivid, adjectivevowel, nounwail, verbweak, adjectivewhack, nounwham, interjectionwhine, verbwhinny, verbwhirr, verbwhistle, verbwhistle, nounyelp, nounyowl, verbzoom, noun |