shiver

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++shiv·er1 /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ ●●○ verb [intransitive]  SHAKEto shake slightly because you are cold or frightened 〔因寒冷或害怕而〕颤抖，哆嗦，发抖 SYN tremble Jake stood shivering in the cold air. 大冷天里，杰克站着冻得瑟瑟发抖。shiver with cold/fear/delight etc She shivered with fear and anger. 她又是害怕，又是气愤，身体直发抖。 →4  See picture of 见图 shiver→ See Verb table

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shiver• It was a strange place, and as he looked up at it now, he shivered.• Sensitive to cold, always shivering.• The water was cold, and Robbie shivered.• He passed her with one sidelong glitter of let eyes, and left her shivering.• Children shivered a few feet away from it.• A few moments later he shivered again, sneezed and decided the time had come to return to his mates and forget it.• Julia shivered and pulled her coat more tightly around her.• I still felt nauseated, both sweating and shivering, as we walked down the corridor to my room.• You're shivering! Do you want to go indoors?• I was shivering in my thin sleeping bag.• She shivered suddenly, and her arm caught the folder of photographs, knocking it on to the floor.• They were forced to wait outside for hours, shivering with cold.• Lizzy looked out at the thick snow and shivered with excitement.• There were a couple of men under the tarp with us, shivering with fever.shiver with cold/fear/delight etc• My hand hurt just as much and now I was shivering with cold.• There was Fox Street, flanked by tall grass that shivered with cold.• Towards morning she woke limp and exhausted, shivering with cold.• She was shivering with delight and pent-up desire.• Perhaps when Samuel Oglethorpe shivered with cold and the shiver passed down his arm into George Grindal's shoulder.• She was breathless, shivering with cold as she hid herself behind the curtains of the four-poster.• They landed on a ledge wide enough to hold them, the horse shivering with fear but knowing not to move at all.• I was already shivering with cold, but when I tried to walk faster my heart pounded unpleasantly.shiver2 noun [countable]  1  SHAKEa slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear 〔因寒冷或恐惧引起的〕颤抖，发抖 SYN tremble A shiver ran through (=went through) me. 我浑身一阵颤抖。shiver of She felt a shiver of apprehension. 她感觉身体因为恐惧而抖了一下。2. give you the shivers informalFRIGHTENED to make you feel afraid 使人打寒战，使人害怕 → send shivers/chills up (and down) your spine at send(10)

Examples from the Corpus

shiver• The words caused a shiver to run a fine sharp line through her.• Wilson saw the doubt in her eyes and the droop of her body and felt a shiver pass through her own.• She felt a shiver run up her spine as she closed the door behind her.• The thought of sleeping in such an old house sent a shiver through her.• The story he told me sent a shiver down my spine.• The thought sent a shiver of excitement through her that instantly she sought to crush.• "It's freezing!" Tom said with a shiver.• A shiver of cold ran through him when he stepped outside.• A shiver went over her and she became angry at herself.• He was some one I'd seen in my head before: one of those bundles of shivers in books.• With a peculiar shiver of fear, he stooped to retrieve his spear.• He kicked her sending shivers up her spine; again she yelped, and everything turned black.shiver ran through• At the realisation, a shiver ran through her body.Origin shiver1 (1400-1500) chiver “to shiver” ((13-16 centuries)), perhaps from chavel “to talk without purpose, chatter” ((13-14 centuries)), from Old English ceafl “jaw”

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shiv‧er¹ /ˈʃɪvə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]to shake slightly because you are cold or frightened
   SYN  tremble:
    Jake stood shivering in the cold air.
    shiver with cold/fear/delight etc
    She shivered with fear and anger.
     

THESAURUS

■ person
   ▪ shake if a person or part of their body shakes, they make small sudden continuous movements from side to side or up and down, especially because they are very frightened, cold, ill etc: Suddenly he started to shake. ‘Don’t ever scare me like that again!’ he whispered. | The poor girl was shaking.
   ▪ shudder to shake for a short time, especially because you think of something very unpleasant, or because you feel frightened or cold: Corbett shuddered when he thought of what might have happened to them. | I shuddered when I read the article. | He was still shuddering with the cold. | She clung to him, shuddering with emotion.
   ▪ tremble to shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, worried, or angry: Ernest opened the letter in silence, his hands trembling. | Her whole body trembled with fear. | He hadn’t dared to move. He was trembling with shock. | ‘I won’t be coming back,’ she said, her body trembling with anger.
   ▪ shiver to shake slightly, especially only a few times, because you are cold or frightened: She shivered, pulling her coat closer around herself. | You make me shiver when you talk like that.
   ▪ quiver especially literary to shake slightly and continuously because you are very worried or excited – used especially about someone’s lips, mouth, or body: Her bottom lip began to quiver, and she turned away to hide her tears. | Alice’s eyes began to fill with tears and her mouth quivered. ‘I 'm going away,’ she said.
   ▪ wobble to move unsteadily from side to side: Mrs Hamilton wobbled precariously on her high heels.
   ▪ rock to move gently backwards and forwards or from side to side: He rocked to and fro in his chair.

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shiver² noun [countable]
1. a slight shaking movement of your body caused by cold or fear
   SYN  tremble:
    A shiver ran through (=went through) me.
    shiver of
    She felt a shiver of apprehension.
2. give you the shivers informal to make you feel afraid
⇨ send shivers (up and) down your spine at send(10)