Front | quake |
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Pron | [kweɪk] |
Back | 【quake】 v.震动;战栗 When the cannon was fired, the earth quaked under his feet. 当开炮时,地在他脚下震动。 |
Vocab | quakeshake with fast, tremulous movements
When you quake, you tremble and shiver. A scary sound in a dark basement might make you quake. To quake is to move rapidly back and forth, so quickly that the movement is almost a vibration. If you've ever felt the floor quake during an actual earthquake, you know the fluttery, shaking kind of movement. A person can quake with fear, and a building can quake during a wind storm. You can also use the word quake as a noun, to describe the feeling itself. The Old English root is cwacian, or "tremble or clatter of teeth." All forms of 'quake' will appear on average once every 999 pages. quake quaker |
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