Vibrate



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 颤动, 振动
• ［英］ v. 颤动, 振动 ( shake continuously and very quickly with a fine slight movement)
• ［类］ damp : vibration / stanch : flow ( 制止振动 / 制止流动)
• ［同］ 派生词: vibration ( n. 颤动, 振动; 感应, 共鸣 )

Webster Collegiate

verb (vibrated; vibrating)

• Etymology: Latin vibratus, past participle of vibrare to brandish, wave, rock — more at wipe
• Date: 1616
• transitive verb
  • 1. to swing or move to and fro
  • 2. to emit with or as if with a vibratory motion
  • 3. to mark or measure by oscillation <a pendulum vibrating seconds>
  • 4. to set in vibration
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to move to and fro or from side to side ; oscillate
    • b. fluctuate, vacillate <vibrate between two choices>
  • 2. to have an effect as or as if of vibration <music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory — P. B. Shelley>
  • 3. to be in a state of vibration ; quiver
  • 4. to respond sympathetically ; thrill <vibrate to the opportunity>
• Synonyms: see swing

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