Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Tremulous: Describes a state of shaking or quivering in a rapid, slight, and often uncontrollable manner, typically due to cold, fear, illness, or a strong external force. It conveys a sense of vulnerability or intense physical reaction.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Chân tay run bần bật như lên cơn sốt. (His limbs trembled tremulously as if in a fit of fever.)
  • Bom nổ, ngôi nhà run lên bần bật. (When the bomb exploded, the house quivered tremulously.)

Advanced Usage

• While primarily an adjective, "bần bật" functions almost exclusively as an adverb-like complement to the verb "run" (to tremble). It intensifies the verb, describing the manner of the trembling.
  • Cô ấy run bần bật vì lạnh. (She trembled tremulously from the cold.)

Variants and Related Words

• Run (v): to shake involuntarily. "Bần bật" is most commonly paired with this verb.
• Bật (v): to spring, to bounce. The root suggests a sudden, jerking movement, which relates to the jerky nature of the trembling described by "bần bật."

Synonyms

• Tremulously: In a trembling or quivering manner.
• Quiveringly: Shaking with a slight, rapid motion.
• Shakily: In an unsteady, trembling way.

Related Idioms

• Run bần bật: A common collocation meaning "to tremble tremulously" or "to quiver violently." This is the standard phrase where the word is used.
  • Nghe tin dữ, bà cụ run bần bật. (Upon hearing the bad news, the old woman trembled tremulously.)

adj

1. Tremulous
   • chân tay run bần bật như lên cơn sốt
     his limbs trembled tremulously like in a fit of fever
   • bom nổ, ngôi nhà run lên bần bật
     at the bomb explosion, the house quivered tremulously