mindmap root((颤抖)) shake can apply to any such movement, often with a suggestion of roughness and irregularity: he ~ with fear. tremble applies specifically to a slight, rapid shaking: her body ~ing with fear. quake may be used in place of tremble but it commonly carries a stronger implication of violent shaking or of extreme agitation either from an internal convulsion such as an earthquake, or from an external event that rocks a person or thing to its foundation: a stern lecture that made them ~. totter usually suggests great physical weakness such as that associated with infancy, old age, or disease and often connotes a shaking that makes movement extremely difficult and uncertain and that forebodes a fall or collapse: the mast ~ed before it fell. quiver may suggest a slight, very rapid shaking: aspen leaves ~ in the slightest breeze; or it may suggest fear or passion and an implication of emotional tension: the little boy's lips ~ed as he tried not to cry. shiver typically suggests the effect of cold that produces a momentary quivering: came into the house snow-covered and ~ing, but it may apply to a quivering that results from an anticipation, a premonition, a foreboding, or a vague fear: ~ed at the sight of the ancient gravestone. shudder usually suggests a brief and temporary shaking that affects the entire body or mass and is the result of something horrible or revolting: ~ed uncontrollably at the eerie shrieks. quaver sometimes implies irregular vibration and fluctuation, especially as an effect of something that disturbs: the ~ing flame of the candle; but often stresses tremulousness especially in reference to voice affected by weakness or emotion: made her plea with a voice ~ing with fear. wobble implies an unsteadiness that shows itself in tottering or in a quavering characteristic of a mass of soft flesh or soft jelly, or in a shakiness characteristic of rickety furniture: his table ~s. teeter implies an unsteadiness that reveals itself in seesawing motions: an inebriated man ~ing as he stands. (inebriated酒喝得兴奋胡吵乱唱, the inebriated revelers bellowed out songs喝醉酒的人吼唱着) shimmy suggests the fairly violent shaking of the body from the shoulders down which is characteristic of the dance of that name and, therefore, may suggest vibrating motion of an abnormal nature: the ~ing of unbalanced front wheels of an automobile. dither implies a shaking or a hesitant vacillating movement often as a result of nervousness, confusion, or lack of purpose: ~ed incoherently.