early 14c., possibly from Middle Dutch schuderen "to shudder," or Middle Low German schoderen, both frequentative forms from Proto-Germanic *skuth- "to shake." Related: Shuddered; shuddering.
shudder (n.)
c. 1600, from shudder (v.).
雙語例句
1. The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the UN community.
接下來的危機(jī)讓聯(lián)合國(guó)各成員國(guó)都很擔(dān)憂。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The word still causes a shudder among some of my students.