Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - tremble
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Tremble
tremble
~ v 1 to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are upset or frightened (His lip started to tremble and then he started to cry. | tremble with anger/fear etc) (I stood there trembling with humiliation and rage.) 2 to shake slightly (The whole house trembled as the train went by.) 3 if your voice trembles, it sounds nervous and unsteady 4 to be worried or frightened about something (I tremble to think what/how) (I tremble to think what will happen when she finds out.) - tremble n - trembly adj
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(trembles, trembling, trembled) 1. If you tremble, you shake slightly because you are frightened or cold. His mouth became dry, his eyes widened, and he began to tremble all over... Gil was white and trembling with anger... With trembling fingers, he removed the camera from his pocket. = shake VERB: V, V with n, V-ing • Tremble is also a noun. I will never forget the look on the patient’s face, the tremble in his hand. N-SING: usu N in/of n 2. If something trembles, it shakes slightly. (LITERARY) He felt the earth tremble under him... = quiver VERB: V 3. If your voice trembles, it sounds unsteady and uncertain, usually because you are upset or nervous. (LITERARY) His voice trembled, on the verge of tears. = shake VERB: V • Tremble is also a noun. ‘Please understand this,’ she began, a tremble in her voice. N-SING: usu N in/of n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. intransitive verb (~d; trembling) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~r, from Medieval Latin tremulare, from Latin tremulus tremulous, from tremere to ~; akin to Greek tremein to ~ Date: 14th century 1. to shake involuntarily (as with fear or cold) ; shiver 2. to move, sound, pass, or come to pass as if shaken or tremulous the building ~d from the blast 3. to be affected with great fear or anxiety ~d for the safety of her child • ~r noun II. noun Date: 1609 1. an act or instance of trembling; especially a fit or spell of involuntary shaking or quivering 2. plural but singular in construction severe poisoning of livestock and especially cattle by a toxic alcohol present in a snakeroot (Eupatorium rugosum) and rayless goldenrod that is characterized especially by muscular tremors, weakness, and constipation ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v. & n. --v.intr. 1 shake involuntarily from fear, excitement, weakness, etc. 2 be in a state of extreme apprehension (trembled at the very thought of it). 3 move in a quivering manner (leaves trembled in the breeze). --n. 1 a trembling state or movement; a quiver (couldn't speak without a tremble). 2 (in pl.) a disease (esp. of cattle) marked by trembling. Phrases and idioms all of a tremble colloq. 1 trembling all over. 2 extremely agitated. trembling poplar an aspen. Derivatives tremblingly adv. Etymology: ME f. OF trembler f. med.L tremulare f. L tremulus TREMULOUS ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. дрожь; дрожание all in (of) a tremble, on the tremble —- разг. дрожа, в сильном волнении there was a tremble in her voice —- у нее дрожал голос 2. дрожать, трястись to tremble with anger —- дрожать от гнева to tremble from head to foot —- дрожать с головы до ног to tremble like a leaf (like an aspen), to tremble in every limb —- дрожать, как осиновый лист he trembled at the sound of bursting bombs —- он дрожал от звука разрывающихся бомб her whole body trembled —- все ее тело била дрожь his hands trembled with overdrinking —- у него с перепоя тряслись руки 3. вибрировать his voice trembles with excitement —- его голос дрожал от волнения 4. уст. говорить дрожащим голосом (также tremble out) to tremble (out) prayers —- дрожащим голосом произносить молитвы 5. трепетать; страшиться, опасаться to tremble at the thought —- трепетать при мысли to tremble at the country's military might —- трепетать перед военной мощью (этой) страны to tremble for smb. —- опасаться за кого-л. I tremble to think what might have happened —- меня бросает в дрожь при мысли о том, что могло бы случиться hear and tremble! —- слушай и трепещи! 6. уст. вызывать трепет (у кого-л.) 7. колыхаться, трепетать; развеваться the leaves of the poplar tremble in the breeze —- листья тополя колышутся на легком ветру flags trembled in the gale —- флаги развевались по ветру 8. колебаться, дрожать (о земле, строении и т. п.) the cottage trembled —- (весь)...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun дрожь, дрожание; all in/on/of a tremble coll. - дрожа, в сильном волнении 2. v. 1) дрожать; трястись; 2) страшиться, опасаться; трепетать; to tremble for ones life - опасаться, дрожать за свою жизнь; to tremble at the thought of - трепетать при мысли о 3) колыхаться, развеваться (о флагах) - tremble at - tremble for Syn: see shake TREMBLE at а) дрожать, трястись; he trembled at the sound of bursting bombs он дрожал от звука разрывающихся бомб; б) трепетать; страшиться, опасаться; tremble at the thought трепетать при мысли TREMBLE for опасаться; tremble for ones life опасаться за свою жизнь TREMBLE in the balance висеть на волоске, быть в критическом положении ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1303, "shake from fear, cold, etc.," from O.Fr. trembler "tremble, fear," from V.L. *tremulare, from L. tremulus "trembling, tremulous," from tremere "to tremble," from PIE *trem- "to tremble." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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