单词 | quiver |
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音标 | ['kwivə] |
解释 | n.箭筒,箭囊 |
红宝书 | 【英】 n.箭筒,箭囊(a case for carrying arrows) 【记】 quiver作为'颤抖'一 意大家都熟悉 |
字源 | quiver (v.) "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick). Related: Quivered; quivering. As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb. quiver (n.) "case for holding arrows," early 14c., from Anglo-French quiveir, Old French quivre, cuivre, probably of Germanic origin, from Proto-Germanic *kukur "container" (cognates: Old High German kohhari, German Köcher, Old Saxon kokar, Old Frisian koker, Old English cocur "quiver"); "said to be from the language of the Huns" [Barnhart]. Related: Quiverful. |
不择手段背单词 | v. (轻微快速)颤抖; n 箭囊 【记】源于: quaver(v 颤抖; n 颤音); 注意箭囊的意思. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】quaver 颤抖,与其区别在于中间的I象是箭,骑马时箭在箭筒里颤抖 【相关】quaver 颤抖,shiver 颤抖, 打碎 |
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