shiver
英式音标['ʃɪvɚ]
美式英标['ʃɪvə]
基本解释
n. 颤抖，战栗；碎片
vi. 颤抖；哆嗦；打碎
vt. 颤抖；打碎
n. (Shiver)人名；(英)希弗
英文词源
- shiver
- shiver: Shiver ‘tremble’ [13] and shiver ‘sliver, fragment’ [12] are different words. The former was originally chiver, which may have been an alteration of an earlier chevel ‘shiver’. This in turn was derived from the Old English noun ceaft ‘jaw’ (source of English jowl), and so etymologically denoted the ‘chattering of the teeth’. Shiver ‘fragment’ may have been borrowed from Low German (Middle Low German had schever). It goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base *skif- ‘split’.
=> jowl - shiver (v.2)
- "to break in or into many small pieces," c. 1200, from the source of shiver (n.). Chiefly in phrase shiver me timbers (1835), "a mock oath attributed in comic fiction to sailors" [OED]. My timbers! as a nautical oath (probably euphemistic) is attested from 1789 (see timber (n.)). Related: Shivered; shivering.
- shiver (v.1)
- "shake," c. 1400, alteration of chiveren (c. 1200), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old English ceafl "jaw," on notion of chattering teeth. Spelling change of ch- to sh- is probably from influence of shake. Related: Shivered; shivering.
- shiver (n.1)
- "small piece, splinter, fragment, chip," c. 1200, perhaps from an unrecorded Old English word, related to Middle Low German schever schiver "splinter," Old High German scivero, from Proto-Germanic *skif- "split" (cognates: Old High German skivaro "splinter," German Schiefer "splinter, slate"), from PIE *skei- "to cut, split" (see shed (v.)). Commonly in phrases to break to shivers "break into bits" (mid-15c.). Also, shiver is still dialectal for "a splinter" in Norfolk and Lincolnshire.
- shiver (n.2)
- "a tremulous, quivering motion," 1727, from shiver (v.1). The shivers in reference to fever chills is from 1861.
实用例句
- 1. A chill shiver rippled over his skin.
- 他浑身打了个冷战。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A violent shiver convulsed him.
- 剧烈的颤抖使他抽搐不已。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. A sudden gust of cold wind made me shiver.
- 一股突然刮来的冷风吹得我打哆嗦.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. His cruel and callous comments made me shiver.
- 他残酷无情的批评令我胆寒.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. A cold shiver ran down her spine.
- 她打了一个寒颤.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
