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

• 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。
• He watched her tremulous hand reach for the teacup.
  他看着她微颤着手去拿茶杯。
• ( 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。
• Jack's voice went on tremulous yet determined.
  杰克接着讲下去，声音虽颤抖但却坚定。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( in) a tremulous voice
  （以）颤抖的声音
• 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。
• CAST upon the floor, was tremulous with the vehemence of his appeal.
  而阳光在地板上照出的他的身影，还在由于刚才激昂的呼吁而颤抖。