Small tremors were still being felt several days after the earthquake. I heard a tremor in her voice. His tremors were caused by the disease.
Recent Examples on the WebThe earthquake followed several others that began the previous day, including a magnitude 6.4 tremor the previous night. Elaine Yu, WSJ, 18 Sep. 2022 Shura felt something like a tremor in her breastbone. Sana Krasikov, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services said several aftershocks ranging from magnitude 2.5 to 4 were still hitting the region following the initial tremor. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 20 Dec. 2021 First, on July 31, an American drone missile struck a house in central Kabul, its tremor felt for several miles. Pamela Constable, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 Just when fans think their favorite guys are settled, a tremor occurs and all of a sudden, a coach gets fired or an assistant leaves for a higher-profile and higher-paying job. Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Aug. 2022 The tremor had forced hospital patients and medical staff in the city of Manila to evacuate. Landon Mion, Fox News, 27 July 2022 The damage to the wheat crop has sent yet another tremor through India’s underperforming agriculture sector.New York Times, 14 June 2022 The Cala Trio device is available by prescription only, and is calibrated to each patient’s individual brain signal patterns, addressing the root cause of essential tremor through electrical stimulation known as neuromodulation. Jim Vinoski, Forbes, 10 June 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English tremour, from Anglo-French tremor, from Latin, from tremere
2shaking movement震顫ADJECTIVE | VERB + TREMOR | TREMOR + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤faint, slight, small, tiny微微的顫抖◇He felt a tiny tremor of excitement as he glimpsed the city lights.瞥見城市的燈光時,他興奮得有一點兒發抖。➤violent劇烈的顫抖▸➤nervous焦慮的戰慄▸➤hand, muscle手哆嗦;肌肉顫抖VERB + TREMOR➤send使戰慄◇Her expression sent a tremor of anxiety through him.她的表情使他感到一陣戰慄。➤cause引起震顫▸➤feel感到戰慄◇She felt a tremor run down her back when she saw him.看見他的時候,她感到不寒而慄。➤control抑制顫抖◇He couldn't control the tremor in his voice.他無法抑制聲音的顫抖。TREMOR + VERB➤run顫抖蔓延◇A tremor ran through the audience.觀眾感到一陣驚恐。➤shake sb/sth使⋯顫抖◇An uncontrollable tremor shook his mouth.他的雙唇控制不住地顫抖。PREPOSITION➤with a tremor, without a tremor伴着顫抖;沒有發抖◇He managed to make his short speech without a tremor.他總算完成了簡短的發言而沒有發抖。➤tremor of⋯的顫抖◇a tremor of fear畏懼的顫抖