- an emotion that has an effect on your body; a slight movement in part of your body強烈感情;哆嗦;微顫;抖動
- He felt a quiver of excitement run through him.他覺得渾身上下都興奮起來。
- Jane couldn't help the quiver in her voice.簡不禁聲音顫抖。
- a case for carrying arrows箭筒;箭套
Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English: from Old English cwifer ‘nimble, quick’. The initial qu- is probably symbolic of quick movement (as in quaver and quick). noun sense 2 Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French quiveir, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch koker and German Köcher.