vibrate

vi. 振动；颤动；摇摆；踌躇

vt. 使振动；使颤动

中文词源

vibrate 颤动

来自拉丁语vibrare,前后移动，颤动，来自PIE*weip,转，摇摆，来自PIE*wei的扩大形式，词源同wipe,wire.

vibrate: vibrate: [17] Vibrate comes from Latin vibrāre ‘move quickly to and fro, shake’. This went back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European base *wib-, *weib- ‘move quickly to and fro’, which also produced English weave ‘move to and fro’ (as in ‘weave through the traffic’), whip, and wipe.
=> weave, whip, wipe
vibrate (v.): 1610s (intransitive) "move to and fro;" 1660s, "swing to and fro;" from Latin vibratus, past participle of vibrare "set in tremulous motion, move quickly to and fro, quiver, tremble, shake," from PIE *wib-ro-, from root *weip- "to turn, vacillate, tremble ecstatically, move quickly to and fro" (cognates: Lithuanian wyburiu "to wag" (the tail), Danish vippe, Dutch wippen "to swing," Old English wipan "to wipe"). Transitive sense "cause to vibrate" is from c. 1700. Related: Vibrated; vibrating.

2. "Opium" is a provocative, sensual, and voluptuous fragrance which makes all your senses vibrate.: “鸦片”是一种刺激性的、能引起感官快感的香料，能使你所有的感官兴奋起来。

3. It's important to tighten up the wheels properly, otherwise they vibrate loose and fall off.: 把轮子拧紧是很重要的，否则它们会因振动松动、脱落。

4. The ear has a set of filaments to vibrate in resonance with incoming sound-waves.: 耳朵里有一组细丝能和进入的声波产生共振。