| 单词 | quaver |
| 释义 | quaver v. & n. --v 1. intr. a (esp. of a voice or musical sound) vibrate, shake, tremble. b use trills or shakes in singing. 2. tr. a sing (a note or song) with quavering. b (often foll. by out) say in a trembling voice. --n 1. Mus. a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet and represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. Also called eighth note. 2. a trill in singing. 3. a tremble in speech. Derivatives quaveringly adv. Etymology: ME f. quave, perh. f. OE cwafian (unrecorded: cf. cwacian QUAKE) |
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