quake
quake 英 [kweɪk] 美 [kwek]
vi. 震动；颤抖 n. 地震；颤抖
进行时:quaking 过去式:quaked 过去分词:quaked 第三人称单数:quakes 名词复数:quakes
- When you quake, you tremble and shiver. A scary sound in a dark basement might make you quake.
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- vi. 震动；颤抖
- n. 地震；颤抖
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1. Quaking with fear, Polly slowly opened the door.
波利吓得直发抖，慢慢地打开了门。
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2. The ground quaked as the bomb exploded.
炸弹爆炸时，地面都震动了。
- quake (n.) early 14c., "a trembling in fear," from quake (v.). Rare except in combinations. Now usually as a shortening of earthquake, in which use it is attested from 1640s. Old English had the verbal noun cwacung "shaking, trembling."
- quake (v.) Old English cwacian "quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth)," related to cweccan "to shake, swing, move, vibrate," of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. In reference to earth tremors, probably by c. 1200. Related: Quaked; quaking.
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