transcription, транскрипция: [ ʃʌdə(r) ]
( shudders, shuddering, shuddered)
1.
If you shudder , you shake with fear, horror, or disgust, or because you are cold.
Lloyd had urged her to eat caviar. She had shuddered at the thought...
VERB : V prep / adv
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Shudder is also a noun.
She recoiled with a shudder.
N-COUNT : usu sing
2.
If something such as a machine or vehicle shudders , it shakes suddenly and violently.
The train began to pull out of the station–then suddenly shuddered to a halt...
The whole ship shuddered and trembled at the sudden strain.
VERB : V prep / adv , V
3.
If something sends a shudder or shudders through a group of people, it makes them worried or afraid.
The next crisis sent a shudder of fear through the UN community...
N-COUNT
4.
If you say that you shudder to think what would happen in a particular situation, you mean that you expect it to be so bad that you do not really want to think about it.
I shudder to think what would have happened if he hadn’t acted as quickly as he did.
PHRASE : V inflects , usu PHR wh [ feelings ]