vibrate
verb [intransitive, transitive]to move or make something move from side to side very quickly and with small movements (使)振動,顫動,擺動 - vibrate (something)
Every time a train went past the walls vibrated. 每當火車駛過,這些牆都會震動。 - vibrate with something
The atmosphere seemed to vibrate with tension. 氣氛似乎緊張得發顫。
Extra ExamplesThe thuds vibrated through the car. 汽車砰砰直顫。 The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate. 他們腳下的地面開始震動。 The male spider will vibrate one of the threads of the female spider's web. 雄蜘蛛會撥動雌蜘蛛網的其中一根蛛絲。 The sound of the gong was still vibrating in the air. 鑼聲仍在空氣中振動。 The walls seemed to vibrate with the deafening music from upstairs. 随着樓上震耳欲聾的音樂,牆壁似乎在震動。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- gently
- slightly
- softly
- …
- seem to
- through
- with
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘give out light or sound as if by vibration’): from Latin vibrat- ‘moved to and fro’, from the verb vibrare ‘vibrate’.- vibrate (something)