vibrate

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.

1. The rough road made the car vibrate.

坑坑洼洼的道路使车颠得厉害.

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。

5. The ground shook and the cliffs seemed to vibrate.

大地在摇晃，悬崖好像在颤动。

【tremble, shudder, quiver, shake, vibrate, shiver】
这组词都有“震动，颤抖”的意思，其区别是：
tremble: 指由于寒冷、虚弱、愤怒或恐惧等而发抖、战栗。
shudder: 着重指由于恐惧、震惊等而引起的全身突然而强烈地战栗。
quiver: 多用于指事物。指物体像乐器的弦一般地轻微而急速地颤动。
shake: 最普通用词，含义广。指人或物不自主地颤动、摇摆，常侧重剧烈和无规律。
vibrate: 指急速地连续震动，也指钟摆等的来回摆动。
shiver: 指因寒冷或情绪突变而出现的短时间的轻微和快速的颤抖。