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 voice was too tremulous, the poise of his feelings too doubtful.
  他的声音太激动了，他感情的宁静太可疑了。
• A tremulous sound; a quaver.
  颤音；震动；颤抖；发颤音。
• ( 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。
• Grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender.
  把握它，感受它，每一丝的震颤纤细。
• 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。
• Men are timid, tremulous, rather soft and submissive, easy in their very henlike tremulousness.
  男人胆小发抖，非常温驯，并如母鸡一样瑟瑟发抖时才感到自在。
• 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。
• 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。
• ( in) a tremulous voice
  （以）颤抖的声音
• His voice has a timid and tremulous sound.
  他的话音听起来叫人胆战又心惊。