quake

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vi. 颤抖, 地震 n. 颤抖, 地震

发音

US /kweɪk/
UK /kweɪk/

词形变化

quakes 复数 quakes quaked quakes 三单 quakest quaketh quaking quoke quook quooke quaking 现在分词 quaked 过去式 quaked 过去分词 quoke 过去式 quoke 过去分词 quook 过去式 quook 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

地震；颤抖

an earthquake

动词

震动；颤抖

to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened

释义与例句

n. B1
  1. 1.

    A trembling or shaking.

    We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.

  2. 2.

    An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.

    California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.

  3. 3.

    Something devastating, like a strong earthquake.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To tremble or shake.

    不及物

    I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.

  2. 2.

    To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.

    比喻 不及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

earthquake seism temblor

下位词 5

shock tremor earth tremor microseism seaquake
动词

同义词 3

tremor quiver palpitate

上位词 3

shake tremble agitate

相关短语

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词源

From Middle English quaken, from Old English cwacian (“to quake, tremble, chatter”), from Proto-Germanic *kwakōną (“to shake, quiver, tremble”), itself likely of imitative origin. Related to Old English cweċċan (“to shake, swing, move, vibrate, shake off, give up”) (see quitch), Dutch kwakkelen (“to ail, be ailing”), German Quackelei (“chattering”), Danish kvakle (“to bungle”), Latin vexō (“toss, shake violently, jostle, vex”), Irish bogadh (“a move, movement, shift, change”).

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