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Quavery describes a voice that shakes as you speak. People sound quavery when they are nervous, upset, close to tears, or sometimes when they are old. You say “a quavery voice” or “she sounded quavery.” It comes from the verb quaver: if your voice quavers, it shakes; quavery is the adjective for that kind of voice. It is a little literary — in everyday talk many people just say “shaky” or “his voice was shaking.” A story might choose quavery. The sense here is the shaking voice, not a music note.
(聲音)發顫的、顫抖的
組成From quaver + -y.
同家族的字
- quaverthe verb: if a voice quavers, it shakes; quavery describes that voice
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
quaveryadj/ˈkweɪvəɹi/
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Apt to quaver; shaky, trembling.
- In the middle of the square a fountain poured a quavery thread of shining water into its stone font.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。