| 单词 | shaky |
| 释义 | shaky (once / 1556 pages) adj Something shaky is trembling — or just feels like it. When we're not confident, we feel shaky. Being shaky is something that happens to us all. The first day of a job or class can make anyone feel shaky — even the teacher or boss. When you get extremely nervous, your hands might literally shake. That's not fun, but it might help you remember what shaky means. A building in an earthquake and a tree in the wind can also be shaky. One person we hope is not shaky — in either way — is a surgeon. WORD FAMILYshaky: shakier, shakiest, shakily, shakiness+/shakable: unshakable/shake: shakable, shakeable, shaken, shaker, shakes, shaking, shaky/shakeable: shakeably/shaken: shakenly, unshaken/shaking: shakings/unshakable: unshakably/unshaken: unshakenly USAGE EXAMPLESAgainst Washington, he looked shaky at times, completing seven of 14 passes for only 57 yards. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Peace efforts in Syria must still survive the many potential pitfalls of the shaky alliance between Russia and Turkey. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) Soon after the birth, he says, “these babies become shaky and you can’t calm them down.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1adj vibrating slightly and irregularly; as e.g. with fear or cold or like the leaves of an aspen in a breeze seemed shaky on her feet Syn shivering, trembling unsteady subject to change or variation 2adj inclined to shake as from weakness or defect a wobbly chair with shaky legs Syn rickety, wobbly, wonky unstable lacking stability or fixity or firmness 3adj not secure; beset with difficulties a shaky marriage Syn precarious insecure, unsafe lacking in security or safety |
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