To vibrate is to shake very fast in tiny movements, again and again, without moving from its place. A phone on a wooden table vibrates and buzzes; a guitar string vibrates after you pluck it; a washing machine vibrates so hard the floor shakes; the whole bus vibrates when the engine runs.

To vibrate is to shake very fast in tiny movementsvibrate指的是用很小的動作快速抖動, again and again一次又一次, without moving from its place但不會離開原本的位置。A phone on a wooden table vibrates and buzzes放在木桌上的手機會vibrate並發出嗡嗡聲; a guitar string vibrates after you pluck it吉他弦撥了之後會vibrate; a washing machine vibrates so hard the floor shakes洗衣機vibrate得很厲害，連地板都在震; the whole bus vibrates when the engine runs引擎發動時整台公車都會vibrate。

Two things separate it from other shaking words. First, the movements are small and quick — too quick to count. Second, the thing stays where it is; it trembles in place rather than travelling.

Two things separate it from other shaking words.有兩點讓它跟其他表示搖動的字不一樣。First第一, the movements are small and quick動作很小又很快 — too quick to count快到數不出次數。Second第二, the thing stays where it is那個東西還是待在原地; it trembles in place rather than travelling它是原地顫動，而不是移動。

The verb works both ways. Usually nothing does it to the object: "The windows vibrated." But you can also give it a doer: "The engine vibrates the whole frame", "Sound waves vibrate the tiny bones in your ear." Both are correct English.

The verb works both ways.這個動詞兩種用法都成立。Usually nothing does it to the object通常不需要有誰對這個物體做什麼: "The windows vibrated."「The windows vibrated.」 But you can also give it a doer但你也可以給它一個施動者: "The engine vibrates the whole frame", "Sound waves vibrate the tiny bones in your ear."「The engine vibrates the whole frame」、「Sound waves vibrate the tiny bones in your ear.」 Both are correct English.兩種都是正確的英文。

It is the everyday word for what a phone does when the ringer is off — a phone can be "on vibrate", where the word is being used as a noun for that setting, and people say "put it on vibrate" or "my phone vibrated". In science it is the plain technical word for how sound and light behave: things vibrate, and that shaking is what your ear hears as sound.

It is the everyday word for what a phone does when the ringer is off這是手機關了鈴聲之後在做的動作的日常用字 — a phone can be "on vibrate"手機可以「on vibrate」, where the word is being used as a noun for that setting這裡這個字被當成名詞、指那個模式, and people say "put it on vibrate" or "my phone vibrated"人們會說「put it on vibrate」或「my phone vibrated」。In science it is the plain technical word for how sound and light behave在科學上，這是描述聲音和光行為的普通專業用字: things vibrate東西會vibrate, and that shaking is what your ear hears as sound而那個震動就是你耳朵聽到的聲音。

There is a spoken use where people say a place or a person "vibrates with energy", meaning it feels alive and full of feeling — this is a picture, not real shaking.

There is a spoken use where people say a place or a person "vibrates with energy"有一種口語用法，人們會說一個地方或一個人「vibrates with energy」, meaning it feels alive and full of feeling意思是它讓人感覺充滿生命力和情緒 — this is a picture, not real shaking這是一種比喻的說法，不是真的在震動。