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Quake English 8720.Quake 英 Kweɪk]美 Kwek 释义 Vi

正面 8720.quake
英 [kweɪk]美 [kwek]

背面
释义:
vi. 震动;颤抖n. 地震;颤抖
例句:
1. Most of the wreckage from the 1985 quake has been cleared.1985年地震遗留的废墟大部分已经被清理干净。

1. 死叮 → 蜇、咬2. sting => stingu-, stinct- "prick, stick, pierce".
quake 颤动,颤抖可能来自qu-所表示的拟声词,模仿松软,颤动或颤抖的声音,词源同quaver,quiver.
quake (v.)Old English cwacian "quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth)," related to cweccan "to shake, swing, move, vibrate," of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. In reference to earth tremors, probably by c. 1200. Related: Quaked; quaking.quake (n.)early 14c., "a trembling in fear," from quake (v.). Rare except in combinations. Now usually as a shortening of earthquake, in which use it is attested from 1640s. Old English had the verbal noun cwacung "shaking, trembling.""

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