English-Thai Dictionary

quaver

N เสียงสั่น  เสียง กระเส่า  siang-san

 

quaver

VI สั่น  กระเส่า  tremble vibrate san

 

quaverer

N สิ่ง ที่ สั่นสะเทือน  siang-ti-san-sa-tuan

 

quavering

ADJ ซึ่ง สั่นสะเทือน  quivering sueng-san-sa-tuan

 

quaveringly

ADV อย่าง สั่นสะเทือน  yang-san-sa-tuan

 

quavery

ADJ ซึ่ง พูด เสียงสั่น  sueng-phud-siang-san

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

QUAVE

for quaver, is not used.

 

QUAVEMIRE

for quagmire, is not used.

 

QUAVER

v.i. 1. To shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid vibrations, as in singing; to sing with tremulous modulations of voice.
2. To tremble; to vibrate.
The finger - moved with a quavering motion.

 

QUAVER

n. 1. A shake or rapid vibration of the voice, or a shake on an instrument of music.
2. A note and measure of time in music, equal to half a crotchet or the eighth of a semibreve.

 

QUAVERED

a. or pp. Distributed into quavers.

 

QUAVERER

n.A warbler.

 

QUAVERING

ppr. Shaking the voice or the sound of an instrument.

 

QUAVERING

n.The act of shaking the voice, or of making rapid vibrations of sound on an instrument of music.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

QUAVE

QUAVE Quave, n.

 

Defn: See Quaver. [Obs. ]

 

QUAVE

QUAVE Quave, v. i.

 

Defn: To quaver. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ]

 

QUAVEMIRE

QUAVEMIRE Quave "mire `, n.

 

Defn: See Quagmire. [Obs. ]

 

QUAVER

Qua "ver, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Quavering. ]Etym: [OE. quaven to shake, to tremble; cf. LG. quabbeln to shake, to be soft, of fat substances, quabbe a fat lump of flesh, a dewlap, D. kwabbe, and E. quiver, v.]

 

1. To tremble; to vibrate; to shake. Sir I. Newton.

 

2. Especially, to shake the voice; to utter or form sound with rapid or tremulous vibrations, as in singing; also, to trill on a musical instrument

 

QUAVER

QUAVER Qua "ver, v. t.

 

Defn: To utter with quavers. We shall hear her quavering them. .. to some sprightly airs of the opera. Addison.

 

QUAVER

QUAVER Qua "ver, n.

 

1. A shake, or rapid and tremulous vibration, of the voice, or of an instrument of music.

 

2. (Mus. )

 

Defn: An eighth note. See Eighth.

 

QUAVERER

QUAVERER Qua "ver *er, n.

 

Defn: One who quavers; a warbler.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

quaver

qua ver |ˈkwāvər ˈkweɪvər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a person's voice ) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion. ▶noun 1 a shake or tremble in a person's voice. 2 Music chiefly Brit. another term for eighth note. DERIVATIVES qua ver ing ly adverb, qua ver y adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble ’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble, ’ probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent. ) as a musical term.

 

Oxford Dictionary

quaver

qua ¦ver |ˈkweɪvə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a person's voice ) shake or tremble in speaking, typically through nervousness or emotion. ▶noun 1 a shake or tremble in a person's voice. 2 Music, chiefly Brit. a note having the time value of an eighth of a semibreve or half a crotchet, represented by a large dot with a hooked stem. Also called eighth note. DERIVATIVES quaveringly adverb, quavery adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (as a verb in the general sense ‘tremble ’): from dialect quave ‘quake, tremble ’, probably from an Old English word related to quake. The noun is first recorded (mid 16th cent. ) as a musical term.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

quaver

quaver verb Farnam's voice quavered with emotion: tremble, waver, quiver, shake, vibrate, oscillate, fluctuate, falter, warble.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

quaver

quaver verb his voice quavered with emotion: tremble, quiver, shake, flutter, vibrate, pulsate, oscillate, fluctuate, waver, ripple, falter, trill, twitter, warble.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

quaver

qua ver /kwéɪvə r /動詞 自動詞 〈声が 〉震える, 〈人が 〉震え声で言う ; 〈歌声が 〉震える .他動詞 …を震え声で言う ; …をトリルで歌う (out, forth ).名詞 C 1 (声 歌声の )震え .2 ｟英 ｠〘楽 〙8分音符 (｟米 ｠eighth note ).～y /-v (ə )ri /形容詞 震え声の .