Shiver my timbers (often misquoted as Shiver me timbers) is an exclamation in the form of a mock oath usually attributed to the speech of pirates in works of fiction.

• 文学家们常用这一词语来表示"震惊，惊讶或是恼怒"。当船在海上航行遇到风浪的时候，海浪使得船上下摇晃，船员感到很恐惧，由此引出了这个shiver my timbers。