trembling
adjective [ before noun ] uk/ˈtrem.blɪŋ/ us/ˈtrem.blɪŋ/
颤抖的,发抖的
shaking slightly in a way that you cannot control, for example because you are frightened, angry, or excited, or because of illness
"I was scared," she said in a trembling voice. “我很害怕,”她颤抖着说。
He reached out for her with trembling hands. 他颤抖着向她伸出手。
抖动的,晃动的
of the ground or an object, shaking slightly
Eyewitnesses to the explosion reported a fireball and trembling ground. 爆炸的目击者说看到一个火球,脚下的地也在晃动。
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- He scooped up the trembling dog and dodged speeding vehicles until they both made it to safe ground.
- He was struggling with increasingly poor health, visibly suffering from the slurred speech and trembling hands of Parkinson's Disease.
- It's one of those horror movies you watch between trembling fingers.
- Only a trail of trembling leaves marked where they had passed.
trembling
noun [ C or U ] uk/ˈtrem.blɪŋ/ us/ˈtrem.blɪŋ/
颤抖,发抖
an act of shaking slightly in a way that you cannot control, for example because you are frightened, angry, or excited, or because of illness
As she spoke, Jo bent over the book to hide the trembling of her lips. 乔一边说一边弯下腰去看那本书来掩饰她颤抖的嘴唇。
抖动,晃动
a slight shaking movement of the ground or an object
There came a trembling of the ground and a distant shriek. 地面一阵晃动,远处传来了尖叫声。
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- I got an aching in my back and a trembling in my knees.
- He felt the first tremblings of real fear creeping into his own body.
- The left ring finger, placed on a fishing line, is the finger most attuned, Angolan fishermen believe, to the tremblings of the sea.