thrill

名词 n. 动词 v.
[θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]    [θɾ̪̊ɪɫ]|[θɹ̥ɪɫ]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A trembling or quivering, especially one caused by emotion; a frisson.
    — She mixed furniture with the same fatal profligacy as she mixed drinks, and this outrageous contact between things which were intended by Nature to be kept poles apart gave her an inexpressible thrill.
  2. A cause of sudden excitement; a kick. figuratively
    — The thrill is gone / Gone, gone for me / I still live on, lonely though I'll be
  3. A slight quivering of the heart that accompanies a cardiac murmur.
  4. A breathing place or hole; a nostril, as of a bird.
动词 v.
  1. To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation. ergative
    — The cruel word her tender heart so thrilled, / That sudden cold did run through every vein.
  2. To drill and thread in one operation, using a tool bit that cuts the hole and the threads in one series of computer-controlled movements.
  3. To (cause something to) tremble or quiver. ergative
  4. To perforate by a pointed instrument; to bore; to transfix; to drill. obsolete
    — he perced through his chaufed chest / With thrilling point of deadly yron brand
  5. To hurl; to throw; to cast. obsolete
    — I'd thrill my jauelin at the Grecian moysture

词形变化

thrills present,singular,third-person thrilling participle,present thrilled participle,past thrilled past thrills plural thrills present,singular,third-person thrilling participle,present thrilled participle,past thrilled past

词源

词源 1
From Old English þȳrlian (“to pierce”), derived from þȳrel (“hole”) (archaic English thirl). Doublet of thirl (verb).
词源 2
Blend of thread (verb) + drill (verb).
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