单词	quake
释义	quake1 verbquake2 noun quakequake1 /kweɪk/ verb [intransitive] Word Origin WORD ORIGINquake1 Origin: Old English cwacian Verb Table VERB TABLE quake Simple Form Present I, you, we, they quake he, she, it quakes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they quaked Present perfect I, you, we, they have quaked he, she, it has quaked Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had quaked Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will quake Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have quaked Continuous Form Present I am quaking he, she, it is quaking you, we, they are quaking Past I, he, she, it was quaking you, we, they were quaking Present perfect I, you, we, they have been quaking he, she, it has been quaking Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been quaking Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be quaking Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been quaking Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A local man had been bullied into guiding them through the treacherous, quaking waste. It left us quaking in our own home. It used to be that Florence quaked when the bikers came over the hill near the edge of town. She pounded the quaking lid with her fists. She shivered, remembering how waking to find his face so close to hers had made her insides quake. The ground quaked as they walked on it. word sets WORD SETS► Earth Sciences avalanche, nounaxis, nouncatchment area, nouncrater, noundinosaur, noundivide, nounelement, nounextinct, adjectivegallery, noungeo-, prefixgeophysics, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, noungoldfield, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounleach, verbmagnetic pole, nounmagnitude, nounmantle, nounmeteorite, nounmolten, adjectivemother lode, nounnatural history, nounonyx, nounopal, nounozone layer, nounpaleontology, nounpitchblende, nounPleistocene, adjectivePliocene, adjectiveprimeval, adjectivequake, verbquake, nounrarefied, adjectiverock, verbscour, verbshock wave, nounslide, nounsoapstone, nounstony, adjectivestream, nounstrip mine, nounsubcontinent, nounsubterranean, adjectivesuperficial, adjectiveterrain, nounterrestrial, adjectivetremor, nounundercurrent, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounvortex, nounwater table, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► quake with fear/fright/anger etc  Richmond was quaking with fury. 1to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightenedquake with fear/fright/anger etc Richmond was quaking with fury.2quake in your boots informal to feel very afraid – used humorously3if the earth, a building etc quakes, it shakes violently:  The explosion made the whole house quake. quake1 verbquake2 noun quakequake2 noun [countable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A quake in the Tehachapi-Bakersfield area 50 miles north of Los Angeles registers 7.7. A 6.3-magnitude quake in Long Beach, Calif., kills 115 people. In California's San Fernando Valley, a 6.5-magnitude quake leaves 65 people dead.-March 27, 1964. Living in the rift caused by such a foundation quake is his ambition for your life. Seismologists said the quake appeared to have been rooted about 30 miles underground, deep enough to prevent catastrophic destruction. Such local bodies are especially important because, by the time foreign aid arrives, most quake victims will have died. The city streets were magic again, like they were when stoplights went dark after the quake. The fact that there was not more damage or loss of life was likely due to the nature of the quake. Thesaurus THESAURUS► earthquake a sudden shaking of the Earth’s surface: · The earthquake destroyed homes, telephone lines and roads. ► quake informal an earthquake – used especially in journalism: · More than 2000 people died when a quake hit the island of Flores. ► tremor a small movement in the Earth’s surface in which the ground shakes slightly: · He was awoken by a series of tremors during the night. ► aftershock further movements in the Earth’s surface that happen after a larger earthquake: · In the days after the earthquake, the area suffered a series of aftershocks. ► tsunami an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the water: · There was no warning of the approaching tsunami. WORD SETS► Earth Sciences avalanche, nounaxis, nouncatchment area, nouncrater, noundinosaur, noundivide, nounelement, nounextinct, adjectivegallery, noungeo-, prefixgeophysics, nounglacial, adjectiveglaciation, noungoldfield, nounlandslide, nounlandslip, nounleach, verbmagnetic pole, nounmagnitude, nounmantle, nounmeteorite, nounmolten, adjectivemother lode, nounnatural history, nounonyx, nounopal, nounozone layer, nounpaleontology, nounpitchblende, nounPleistocene, adjectivePliocene, adjectiveprimeval, adjectivequake, verbquake, nounrarefied, adjectiverock, verbscour, verbshock wave, nounslide, nounsoapstone, nounstony, adjectivestream, nounstrip mine, nounsubcontinent, nounsubterranean, adjectivesuperficial, adjectiveterrain, nounterrestrial, adjectivetremor, nounundercurrent, nounvolcanic, adjectivevolcano, nounvortex, nounwater table, noun an earthquake
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