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quiv·er
/ˈkwɪvɚ/
震動,顫抖,箭袋,大群(vi.)顫抖,振動,射中(vt.)使顫動(a.)敏捷的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quiv·er
a.
Nimble
;
active
. [
Obs
.]
“
A
little
quiver
fellow.”
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quiv·er
,
v. i.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Quivered
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Quivering
.]
To
shake
or
move
with
slight
and
tremulous
motion
;
to
tremble
;
to
quake
;
to
shudder
;
to
shiver
.
The
green
leaves
quiver
with
the
cooling
wind
.
--
Shak
.
And
left
the
limbs
still
quivering
on
the
ground
.
--
Addison
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quiv·er
,
n.
The
act
or
state
of
quivering
;
a
tremor
.
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Quiv·er
,
n.
A
case
or
sheath
for
arrows
to
be
carried
on
the
person
.
Beside
him
hung
his
bow
And
quiver
,
with
three-bolted
thunder
stored
. --
Milton
.
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►
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
quiver
n
1:
an
almost
pleasurable
sensation
of
fright
; "
a
frisson
of
surprise
shot
through
him
" [
syn
:
frisson
,
shiver
,
chill
,
shudder
,
thrill
,
tingle
]
2:
a
shaky
motion
; "
the
shaking
of
his
fingers
as
he
lit
his
pipe
" [
syn
:
shaking
,
shakiness
,
trembling
,
quivering
,
vibration
,
palpitation
]
3:
case
for
holding
arrows
4:
the
act
of
vibrating
[
syn
:
vibration
,
quivering
]
v
1:
shake
with
fast
,
tremulous
movements
; "
His
nostrils
palpitated
" [
syn
:
quake
,
palpitate
]
2:
move
back
and
forth
very
rapidly
; "
the
candle
flickered
"
[
syn
:
flicker
,
waver
,
flitter
,
flutter
]
3:
move
with
or
as
if
with
a
regular
alternating
motion
; "
the
city
pulsated
with
music
and
excitement
" [
syn
:
pulsate
,
beat
]
From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Quiver
the
sheath
for
arrows
.
The
Hebrew
word
(
aspah
)
thus
commonly
rendered
is
found
in
Job
39:23;
Ps
. 127:5;
Isa
. 22:6; 49:2;
Jer
.
5:16;
Lam
. 3:13.
In
Gen
. 27:3
this
word
is
the
rendering
of
the
Hebrew
_teli_,
which
is
supposed
rather
to
mean
a
suspended
weapon
,
literally
"
that
which
hangs
from
one
", i.e.,
is
suspended
from
the
shoulder
or
girdle
.
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