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

• His manner was often offensively supercilious, and then again modest and self-effacing, almost tremulous.
  他的态度常常起初是敌对地傲慢的，跟着又谦逊、自卑而几乎畏缩下来。
• 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。
• More than once, he had cleared his throat, and drawn in the long, deep, and tremulous breath, which, when sent forth again, would come burdened with the black secret of his soul.
  他不止一次清好喉咙，颤抖着深吸一口长气，准备在再度吐气的同时，把他灵魂深处的阴暗秘密装上，一吐为快。
• Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender.
  把握它，感受它，每一丝的震颤纤细。
• The old man's voice had become at once tremulous.
  老人的声音一下子变得颤抖了。
• I know not only why today my life is all astir, and a feeling of tremulous joy is passing through my heart.
  我不知道为什么今天我的生活完全激动了，一种狂欢的感觉穿过了我的心。
• ( 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。
• No bone had he to bind him, His speech was like the push Of numerous humming-birds at once His countenance a billow, His fingers, if he pass, Let go a music, as of tunes Blown tremulous in glass.
  没有骨头把它捆扎起来，它的话就像大群的蜂鸟同时拥拥挤挤它的容貌是一阵巨浪，它的手指，如果经过，会释放出一曲音乐，那曲调仿佛从玻璃中颤抖地吹出。
• She saw herself in a score of pathetic situations in which she assumed a tremulous voice and suffering manner.
  她想象自己在几十个令人伤心的场景里露面，做出痛苦的姿势，声音颤抖地说话。
• He watched her tremulous hand reach for the teacup.
  他看着她微颤着手去拿茶杯。