身體與物體的細微顫動
這一組就是核心畫面本身：一個實際看得見的細抖，先發生在人身上，再借給沒有情緒的東西。
tremble, shake (fear) · verb · B2
To shake slightly in a way that you cannot control, especially because you are frightened, upset, angry, or very excited.
顫抖；發抖
核心畫面
A small, fast shaking that you are not in charge of. Think of a hand that will not stay still: the movement is tiny, it keeps going, and you cannot simply decide to stop it. Something inside or outside is pushing, and the body answers by shaking.
一個很小、很快、而且「不受你控制」的抖動。想像一隻拿著杯子的手——杯子沒有掉，人也沒有大動作，但手就是停不下來地細細…更多收起
一個很小、很快、而且「不受你控制」的抖動。想像一隻拿著杯子的手——杯子沒有掉，人也沒有大動作，但手就是停不下來地細細發抖，你越想要它穩，它抖得越明顯。tremble 抓的就是這種「幅度很小、頻率很快、由不得自己」的搖晃：不是你在動，是某個力量（害怕、憤怒、激動，或外面的震動）讓你動。這也是為什麼它跟 shake 不同——shake 可以是你主動去搖，tremble 幾乎總是「被弄得在抖」。Two branches
由抖到怕（心裡的顫）
英文常拿身體反應來代替情緒本身（就像 my heart sank）。既然怕到極點會發抖，那就用「抖」直接說「怕」。
tremble to think · verb · C1
To feel very worried or frightened about something that might happen. Used mostly in the phrase 'tremble to think', followed by what or how.
一想到就擔心；不敢想
原始詞典資料4 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。
Tremblename
- 1
A surname.
trembleverb/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
- 1
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
- Her lip started to tremble as she burst into tears
- The dog was trembling from being in the cold weather all day.
- 2
To fear; to be afraid.
- Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
tremblenoun/ˈtɹɛmbl̩/
- 1
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
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。