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

• A tremulous sound; a quaver.
  颤音；震动；颤抖；发颤音。
• 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 scarcely recognised the tremulous voice on the end of the phone.
  她简直辨认不出电话那端微微颤抖的声音。
• He watched her tremulous hand reach for the teacup.
  他看着她微颤着手去拿茶杯。
• 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。
• To move with a slight tremulous motion; tremble, shake, or quiver.
  悸动急迅而有力地抖动；战栗、摇动或颤动。
• 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 old man's voice had become at once tremulous.
  老人的声音一下子变得颤抖了。
• 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。
• 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。