vibrate
verb [intransitive, transitive]to move or make something move from side to side very quickly and with small movements (使)振动,颤动,摆动 - vibrate (something)
Every time a train went past the walls vibrated. 每当火车驶过,这些墙都会震动。 - vibrate with something
The atmosphere seemed to vibrate with tension. 气氛似乎紧张得发颤。
Extra ExamplesThe thuds vibrated through the car. 汽车砰砰直颤。 The ground beneath their feet began to vibrate. 他们脚下的地面开始震动。 The male spider will vibrate one of the threads of the female spider's web. 雄蜘蛛会拨动雌蜘蛛网的其中一根蛛丝。 The sound of the gong was still vibrating in the air. 锣声仍在空气中振动。 The walls seemed to vibrate with the deafening music from upstairs. 随着楼上震耳欲聋的音乐,墙壁似乎在震动。
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)