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Quaver
quaver
(quavers, quavering, quavered) 1. If someone’s voice quavers, it sounds unsteady, usually because they are nervous or uncertain. Her voice quavered and she fell silent. = tremble VERB: V • Quaver is also a noun. There was a quaver in Beryl’s voice. N-COUNT 2. A quaver is a musical note that is half as long as a crotchet. (mainly BRIT; in AM, use eighth note) N-COUNT
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I. verb (~ed; ~ing) Etymology: Middle English, frequentative of quaven to tremble Date: 15th century intransitive verb 1. tremble 2. trill 3. to utter sound in tremulous tones transitive verb to utter ~ingly • ~ingly adverb • ~y adjective II. noun Date: 1570 1. eighth note 2. trill 1 3. a tremulous sound ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v. 1 intr. a (esp. of a voice or musical sound) vibrate, shake, tremble. b use trills or shakes in singing. 2 tr. a sing (a note or song) with quavering. b (often foll. by out) say in a trembling voice. --n. 1 Mus. a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet and represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. Also called eighth note. 2 a trill in singing. 3 a tremble in speech. Derivatives quaveringly adv. Etymology: ME f. quave, perh. f. OE cwafian (unrecorded: cf. cwacian QUAKE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
1. дрожание голоса 2. трель 3. муз. восьмая нота 4. дрожать, вибрировать 5. выводить трели (также quaver out) she quavered out her little song —- дрожащим голосом она исполнила песенку quaveringly 1. с дрожью, дрожа; дрожащим голосом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun 1) дрожание голоса 2) трель 3) mus. восьмая ноты 2. v. 1) дрожать, вибрировать 2) выводить трели 3) произносить дрожащим голосом ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 v if your voice quavers, it shakes as you speak, especially because you are nervous ("Please help me," he quavered.) - quavery adj ~2 n 1 BrE a musical note which continues for an eighth of the length of a semibreve; eighth note AmE 2 a shaking sound in your voice ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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