| 单词 | shake |
| 释义 | shake I. intransitive verb 1. < the long light shakes across the lakes — Alfred Tennyson > < sails shaking in the wind > 2. < the earth itself seemed to shake beneath my feet — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < felt the ship shake and toss > 3. a. < felt his heart shaking within him — Marguerite Young > < his voice shook and became shrill — Kenneth Roberts > < were shaking in their shoes > b. 4. < the economy was still shaking from the inflationary impact of the minimum wage decree — Time > 5. < shake well before using > 6. < agreed to shake and be friends > 7. 8. 9. dialect chiefly Britain transitive verb 1. a. < people passing by … shake their fists and curse — A.E.Housman > < the lightly clenched hand and fist shaken vigorously in the direction of the players concerned — Warwick Braithwaite > b. < shaking her fingers playfully in the direction of the vehicle — W.M.Thackeray > 2. a. < shake their heads like angry bulls — Goddard Lieberson > < rattling and shaking the latch — Dorothy C. Fisher > b. < shook the dustcloth out the window > < shook the tree to get some apples > c. < the vial is half filled and shaken vigorously — Journal of Economic Entomology > — often used with up d. < resolved to shake their heels … in jigs and Highland reels — David Grant > 3. a. < the earthquake … shook all that coast — James Courage > < thunder that shook the tropical foliage — Allen Churchill > < the boom of a football rally shakes the night air — Corey Ford > b. < a shudder shook the long emaciated frame — T.B.Costain > < toward afternoon another chill began to shake her — Laura Krey > c. 4. a. < shook the boy until his teeth chattered > < shook him by the shoulder to wake him up > b. 5. a. < had shaken his bad habits and was firmly launched on his career — Quick > < have been disappointed so often that they cannot shake their despair — M.H.Rubin > — often used with off < find it hard to shake off these tentacles of organized crime — R.E.Merriam > b. < can you shake your friend? I want to talk to you alone — Elmer Davis > < the enemy gunboat has far too good a contact to be shaken so easily — E.L.Beach > — often used with off < there was no shaking off the press — Polly Adler > 6. a. < ignored any book that could shake your faith — Virginia Woolf > < nothing that the emperor said or did could shake him — Douglas Stewart > b. < her mind had been shaken … by the cruelty of her husband — Mary H. Vorse > 7. a. < the roads are so bad that we nearly get shaken to pieces — Rachel Henning > < shook his coat into place as he bent forward — Marguerite Steen > b. < shook himself loose from the man's grasp > c. < shake thyself from the dust; arise — Isa 52:2 (Authorized Version) > 8. a. < shook salt and pepper over the potatoes > b. obsolete < confounds thy fame as whirlwinds shake fair buds — Shakespeare > 9. chiefly Australia 10. < shake the quarry from the limb — American Guide Series: Tennessee > < shook the sand from his shoes > 11. a. b. < shook him by the hand at parting — Joseph Addison > 12. < the appalling nature of the disaster … shook her very much — Nevil Shute > — often used with up < you were all shaken up inside — R.H.Newman > 13. < shake a note in music > 14. 15. a. b. Synonyms: < as there is a high wind blowing nearly all the time, the nests are continually shaken to and fro — John Seago > < this social upheaval is shaking the underdeveloped parts of the world — A.H.Hansen > agitate may suggest continued strong tossing or violent stirring or stirring up with commotion and disturbance < the leaves on the trees were agitated as if by a high wind — W.H.Hudson †1922 > < the water became agitated with the flapping of countless fins — Tom Marvel > < the physician interposes, frightens the family, agitates the patient to the utmost — H.A.Overstreet > rock suggests a swinging back and forth, a violent swaying, or a violent impact bringing about or threatening a fall or collapse < rock a child to sleep > < the road was rough and twisting, and the ambulance rocked a great deal — Fred Majdalany > < family life rocked with the rise in the divorce rate and the new liberty in sexual matters — Oscar Handlin > convulse suggests the violent, disturbed, wild motion of a spasm or paroxysm < convulsed on the carpet in the paroxysms of an epileptic seizure — Thomas Hardy > < earthquakes convulsing the island > < convulsed with terror of hellfire — American Guide Series: Massachusetts > Synonym: see in addition swing. • - be shook on - shake a leg - shake one's head II. 1. a. < welcomed the visitor with a hearty shake > b. < now lapdogs give themselves the rousing shake — Alexander Pope > 2. a. < the rude shakes which science has given to … their cherished convictions — Herbert Spencer > b. 3. a. < I don't think I got over the shakes for two hours — Brad Sebstad > b. < nobody has a hangover and … nobody has the shakes — Mary McCarthy > c. shakes plural < the shakes … supposed to be the result of a miasma emanating from the spring plowing of wild ground — Edna Ferber > d. 4. a. (1) (2) b. c. < a chocolate shake > 5. 6. 7. a. < for a shake they had stood there and looked at each other — Conrad Richter > b. 8. shakes plural < no great shakes as a philosopher — Wanda Neff > 9. a. (1) (2) b. 10. < the honest merchants who gave baffled marines a square shake — L.M.Uris > 11. < they all give him the cold shake — Mark Twain > 12. 13. Britain 14. 15. 16. a. b. c. |
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