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词汇 quaver
释义 quaver
verb[ I ]
uk /ˈkweɪ.vər/ us /ˈkweɪ.vɚ/
If a person's voice quavers, it shakes, usually because of emotion: (声音)颤抖
Her voice began to quaver and I thought she was going to cry.她的声音开始颤抖,我觉得她快要哭了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ways of talking
atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spit something out
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter

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quavery
quaver
noun
uk /ˈkweɪ.vər/ us /ˈkweɪ.vɚ/

quavernoun (MUSICAL NOTE)


[ C ] music UKspecialized(USeighth note)
a musical note that is half as long as a crotchet八分音符
 
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Beats or lengths of musical notes
backbeat
bar
bar line
breakbeat
common time
eighth
half note
hemidemisemiquaver
major seventh
major sixth
major third
metre
ninth
perfect fifth
perfect fourth
phrase
quadruple
quarter note
quintuple
semibreve

quavernoun (SHAKE)


[ S ]
a slight shake in someone's voice, especially because of emotion: (声音)颤抖
There was a quaver in her voice as she thanked her staff for all their support.当她感谢她的员工所给予的一切支持时,她的声音在颤抖。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Ways of talking
atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spit something out
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter

quaver | American Dictionary


quaver
verb[ I ]
us/ˈkweɪ·vər/
(of a person’s voice) to sound nervous, esp. because of emotion:
Her voice quavered for a moment before she gained control.

Examples of quaver


quaver
In the course of the latter half of the year, the six-year-olds all completely mastered presenting a steady pulse in minims, crotchets and quavers.
To create 12/8 metre, for example, the twelfth step must be defined as the last; in this case, the buttons will represent quavers rather than semiquavers.
There may also be a problem at the beginning of bar 29, and bar 20 would make more sense if it began with two quavers and a crotchet.
One major difference concerns the triplet quavers in the first movement, often encountered in a melodic context: there are two such groups within the main theme, for example.
Much effort was absorbed in the playing of demi-semi-quavers.
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Much effort was absorbed in the playing of demi-semi-quavers; this seems to be an unnecessary refinement.
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They should have addressed the nation in ringing tones, with a united voice, not as so often in quavering accents, contradicting each other most of the time.
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Spasmodic dysphonia is caused by strained vocal chord movement, which results in awkward voice problems, such as jerkiness or quavering.
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The ornamented melody in crotchets sings in the soprano above a flowing legato semiquaver accompaniment and gently pulsating repeated quavers in the pedal continuo.
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In the second section it is played against quavers; and in parts of the last, against running semiquaver passagework.
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Motives 1-3, for example, each present a quaver rest, followed by one, two or three quaver attacks, followed by a note of longer duration.
The haunting tune features minimal decoration, and is accompanied by flowing quavers on the piano.
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A melody originally consisting of four quavers (eighth notes) for example, is augmented if it later appears with four crotchets (quarter notes) instead.
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Note values intensify the rhythm by decreasing from crotchets through quavers, triplet quavers and semiquavers to demisemiquavers.
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The 8 bar subject starts in minims with a second harmonic half in slow quavers.
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