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Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shivered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Shivering}.] [OE. schiveren, scheveren; cf. OD.
   scheveren. See {Shiver} a fragment.]
   To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to
   dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet.

         All the ground With shivered armor strown. --Milton.

Shiver \Shiv"er\, n. [OE. schivere, fr. shive; cf. G. schifer a
   splinter, slate, OHG. scivere a splinter, Dan. & Sw. skifer a
   slate. See {Shive}, and cf. {Skever}.]
   1. One of the small pieces, or splinters, into which a
      brittle thing is broken by sudden violence; -- generally
      used in the plural. ``All to shivers dashed.'' --Milton.

   2. A thin slice; a shive. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] ``A shiver of
      their own loaf.'' --Fuller.

            Of your soft bread, not but a shiver. --Chaucer.

   3. (Geol.) A variety of blue slate.

   4. (Naut.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

   5. A small wedge, as for fastening the bolt of a window
      shutter.

   6. A spindle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. i.
   To separate suddenly into many small pieces or parts; to be
   shattered.

         There shiver shafts upon shields thick.  --Chaucer

         The natural world, should gravity once cease, . . .
         would instantly shiver into millions of atoms.
                                                  --Woodward.

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. i. [OE. chiveren, cheveren; of uncertain
   origin. This word seems to have been confused with shiver to
   shatter.]
   To tremble; to vibrate; to quiver; to shake, as from cold or
   fear.

         Prometheus is laid On icy Caucasus to shiver. --Swift.

         The man that shivered on the brink of sin, Thus steeled
         and hardened, ventures boldly in.        --Creech.

Shiver \Shiv"er\, v. t. (Naut.)
   To cause to shake or tremble, as a sail, by steering close to
   the wind.

Shiver \Shiv"er\, n.
   The act of shivering or trembling.

资料来源 : WordNet®

shiver
     n 1: reflex shaking caused by cold or fear or excitement [syn: {tremble},
           {shake}]
     2: an almost pleasurable sensation of fright; "a frisson of
        surprise shot through him" [syn: {frisson}, {chill}, {quiver},
         {shudder}, {thrill}, {tingle}]
     v 1: tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement [syn: {shudder},
           {throb}, {thrill}]
     2: shake, as from cold; "The children are shivering--turn on
        the heat!" [syn: {shudder}]