| 单词 | to shake oneself free |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto shake oneself free g. reflexive. Of a person or animal: To give a shake to his or its body (e.g. in order to throw off wet, snow, dust, etc., or to remove the stiffness caused by repose); figurative to bestir oneself, arouse oneself to activity. Also with complement, to shake oneself free, to shake oneself loose, to shake oneself awake, to shake oneself sober, and with const. from. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (reflexive)] > shake shake1390 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > vibration > vibrate [verb (reflexive)] > shake > shake clear of shake1390 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 75 Into an Egle he gan transforme after that himself he schok. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxiv. 497 He [sc. Bayard] shaked hymselfe for to make falle the water from hym. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. lii. A Shake the [1611 shake thy selfe] from the dust, arise & stonde vp, o Ierusalem . 1759 W. Robertson Hist. Scotl. v, in Wks. (1851) II. 55 The regent saw the danger of allowing the duke to shake himself loose, in this manner, from his engagements. 1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) i, in Writings I. 3 ‘What's the matter?’ asked the watchman..surlily shaking himself. 1859 F. W. Farrar Julian Home xvii. 222 A large and fierce mastiff also shook himself from sleep. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner iii. 45 Just shake yourself sober and listen, will you? 1888 G. T. Stokes Ireland & Celtic Church (ed. 2) 153 The Roman Church determined at last to shake itself free from this thraldom. 1899 B. M. Dix Hugh Gwyeth xvi. 261 ‘'Twill be sunrise soon’, Hugh said, and shook himself awake. < as lemmas |
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