| 英语单词 | quake |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [kweɪk] 美 [kweɪk] |
| 中文释义 | v.震动;颤抖 n.震动;地震 |
| 英语例句 | (1) The ground quaked under his feet. (2) I stood there quaking with fear. (3) There were four major quakes in this century. (4) The earth quake shut many factories down. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 大地在他的脚下震动。 (2) 我站在那里,害怕得直发抖。 (3) 本世纪有四次大的地震。 (4) 地震使好多工厂停业。 |
| vocabulary简明 | When you quake, you tremble and shiver. A scary sound in a dark basement might make you quake. |
| vocabulary扩展 | 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." |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]同earthquake A quake is the same as an earthquake .
2 [VERB 动词](通常指因恐惧)发抖,颤抖,哆嗦 If you quake, you shake, usually because you are very afraid. [V [V]
3 [PHRASE 短语]十分紧张;非常害怕;吓得发抖 If you are quaking in your boots or quaking in your shoes, you feel very nervous or afraid, and may be feeling slightly weak as a result. [V inflects]
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