tremble
verbosubstantivoatestado nos diálogos
- //ˈtɹɛmbl̩//
To shake, quiver, or vibrate.
verbo
- 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.
Mr. Cooke at once began a tirade against the residents of Asquith for permitting a sandy and generally disgraceful condition of the roads. So roundly did he vituperate the inn management in particular, and with such a loud flow of words, that I trembled lest he should be heard on the veranda.
- 2
figuradoTo fear; to be afraid.
Thou beleeuest that there is one God, thou doest well: the deuils also beleeue, and tremble.
Etimologia
From Middle English tremblen, from Old French trembler, from Late Latin tremulāre, ultimately from Latin tremere (“quiver, shake”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τρέμω (trémō).
substantivo
- 1
A shake, quiver, or vibration.
Formas
- plural
- trembles
- pretérito
- trembled
- particípio passado
- trembled
- gerúndio
- trembling
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- trembles