| 单词 | quake |
| 释义 | quake (once / 999 pages) vn When you quake, you tremble and shiver. A scary sound in a dark basement might make you quake. 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." WORD FAMILYquake: quaked, quaker, quakes, quaking USAGE EXAMPLESNo injuries or damage were reported Sunday following what seismologists call a “swarm” of quakes. Washington Times(Jan 01, 2017) It was followed a few seconds later by a magnitude 3.2 quake. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) In November, a magnitude 5.0 quake hit Cushing, where huge oil reserves are stored. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1v shake with fast, tremulous movements Syn|Hyper palpitate, quiver tremble move or jerk quickly and involuntarily up and down or sideways 2v shake with seismic vibrations The earth was quaking Syn|Hyper tremor agitate, shake move or cause to move back and forth 3n shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity Syn|Hypo|Hyper earthquake, seism, temblor seismic disturbance, shock an instance of agitation of the earth's crust earth tremor, microseism, tremora small earthquake seaquake, submarine earthquakean earthquake at the sea bed aftershocka tremor (or one of a series of tremors) occurring after the main shock of an earthquake foreshocka tremor preceding an earthquake geological phenomenon a natural phenomenon involving the structure or composition of the earth |
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