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quaking

US // (ˈkweɪkɪŋ) //

颤颤巍巍,颤抖,颤动,颤栗

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unstable or unsafe to walk on, as a bog or quicksanda quaking bog; quaking sands

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Examples

  • You have countless candidates quaking in their boots when asked to criticize him.

  • Obama and the Democrats generally have a history of quaking when this deficit talk starts up.

  • For all those quaking on the right at the sight of an ascendant Warren, rest easy.

  • Underneath these were affectionate hearts quaking with fear lest the home-coming be but a sad one after all.

  • She sprang to the door, flung it open, and disappeared, leaving the husband and wife dumfounded and quaking with fright.

  • Mary and I sat in silence, the house quaking overhead, the tempest howling without, the fire between us sputtering with raindrops.

  • We soon reached a belt of quaking asps where there were few birds.

  • Inwardly quaking, and strengthening herself with silent prayer, she opened the door.