Tremulous describes something that shakes with small, quick movements — usually because the person is nervous, frightened, weak, or holding back tears.

Tremulous Tremulous describes形容的是 something that shakes with small, quick movements某樣東西小幅快速地顫抖——usually because the person is nervous, frightened, weak, or holding back tears通常是因為這個人緊張、害怕、虛弱，或正忍著眼淚。

It is used most often of a voice or a hand: 'a tremulous voice' is one that wobbles in a way the speaker cannot control, and everyone listening can hear the feeling behind it. It can also describe a smile that will not hold steady, or, more poetically, light on water or leaves moving in a breeze.

It它 is used most often of a voice or a hand最常用來形容聲音或手: 'a tremulous voice''a tremulous voice' is one that wobbles in a way the speaker cannot control是那種說話者控制不住地在抖的聲音, and everyone listening can hear the feeling behind it聽的人都能聽出背後的情緒。 It它 can also describe a smile that will not hold steady也可以形容一個維持不住的笑容, or, more poetically或更詩意地, light on water or leaves moving in a breeze形容水面上的光影或微風中晃動的樹葉。

The word carries a second layer beyond the physical shaking: it suggests the person is uncertain and easily upset, so 'tremulous hope' means hope that is real but fragile, ready to collapse.

The word這個字 carries a second layer beyond the physical shaking除了身體上的顫抖之外還有第二層意思: it suggests它暗示 the person is uncertain and easily upset這個人是不確定、容易受影響的, so 'tremulous hope' means所以'tremulous hope'指的是 hope that is real but fragile, ready to collapse真實但脆弱、隨時可能瓦解的希望。

It belongs to writing more than to speech — you meet it in novels and careful journalism, and a Taiwanese student will sound bookish using it in conversation. In everyday talk people say 'shaky' or 'his voice was shaking'.

It它 belongs to writing more than to speech比較屬於書面語而不是口語——you meet it in novels and careful journalism你會在小說和講究用字的新聞報導裡遇到它, and a Taiwanese student will sound bookish using it in conversation台灣學生如果在對話裡用它會顯得很文謅謅。 In everyday talk在日常對話裡 people say人們會說 'shaky''shaky' or 'his voice was shaking'或'his voice was shaking'。