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shaken

/sheyk/US // ʃeɪk //UK // (ʃeɪk) //

动摇的,动摇,动摇了,摇摇欲坠

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v.无主动词 verb
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    shook, shak·en, shak·ing.

    • : to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
    • : to tremble with emotion, cold, etc.
    • : to become dislodged and fall: Sand shakes off easily.
    • : to move something, or its support or container, briskly to and fro or up and down, as in mixing: Shake before using.
    • : to totter; become unsteady.
    • : to clasp another's hand in greeting, agreement, congratulations, etc.: Let's shake and be friends again.
    • : Music. to execute a trill.
v.有主动词 verb
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    shook, shak·en, shak·ing.

    • : to move to and fro or up and down with short, quick, forcible movements: to shake a bottle of milk.
    • : to brandish or flourish: to shake a stick at someone.
    • : to grasp firmly in an attempt to move or rouse by, or as by, vigorous movement to and fro: We shook the tree.
    • : to dislodge or dispense by short, quick, forcible movements of its support or container: We shook nuts from the tree.
    • : to cause to sway, rock, totter, etc.: to shake the very foundations of society.
    • : to agitate or disturb profoundly in feeling: The experience shook him badly.
    • : to cause to doubt or waver; weaken: to shake one's self-esteem.
    • : Music. to trill.
    • : to mix by rolling in the palm of the hand before they are cast.
    • : to get rid of; elude: They tried to shake their pursuers.
n.名词 noun
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    • : an act or instance of shaking, rocking, swaying, etc.
    • : tremulous motion.
    • : a tremor.
    • : shakes. Informal. a state or spell of trembling, as caused by fear, fever, cold, etc.: I was up all night with a fever and the shakes.
    • : a disturbing blow; shock.
    • : Informal. milk shake.
    • : the act or a manner of clasping another's hand in greeting, agreement, etc.: He has a strong shake.
    • : Informal. chance or treatment; deal: a fair shake;a bum shake.See also fair shake.
    • : a cast of the dice: He threw an eight on his last shake.
    • : something resulting from shaking.
    • : an earthquake.
    • : a fissure in the earth.
    • : an internal crack or fissure in timber.
    • : Music. trill.
    • : an instant: I'll be with you in a shake.
    • : Carpentry. a shingle or clapboard formed by splitting a short log into a number of tapered radial sections with a hatchet.
    • : Horology. the distance between the nearer corner of one pallet and the nearest tooth of the escape wheel when the other pallet arrests an escape tooth.
    • : Chiefly South Midland U.S. shaker.
    • : a dance deriving from the twist.
    • : Slang. the dried leaves of the marijuana plant.
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    • : shake down, to cause to descend by shaking; bring down.to cause to settle.to condition; test: to shake down a ship.Informal.to extort money from.Slang.to search, especially to detect concealed weapons.
    • : shake off, to rid oneself of; reject.to get away from; leave behind.Baseball, Softball. to indicate rejection of by shaking the head or motioning with the glove.
    • : shake up, to shake in order to mix or loosen.to upset; jar. to agitate mentally or physically: The threat of attack has shaken up the entire country.

Phrases

  • shake a leg
  • shake a stick at
  • shake down
  • shake hands
  • shake in one's boots
  • shake off
  • shake one's head
  • shake someone's tree
  • shake the dust from one's feet
  • shake up
  • shake with laughter
  • all shook (shaken) up
  • fair shake
  • in two shakes
  • more than one can shake a stick at
  • movers and shakers
  • no great shakes
  • quake (shake) in one's boots

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Some players are sensitive to certain types of screen movement, so we’ve included a toggle for motion blur and camera shake.

  • Walking around, shake is kept to a minimum, but some objects in the scene seem to slightly wobble a bit as you move.

  • The shake and quick-soak method outlined here is a safer approach.

  • The process is also useful for products like weight-loss shakes and iced-coffee drinks.

  • I don’t think he’s been given the fair shake that he deserves.

  • I still wonder what my wife thinks about her big courageous man coming home shaken, seeing my tears for the first time.

  • The teenager was shaken by the incident, and his father remembers having to console him for hours that day.

  • “This has shaken me up, of course,” Aielli told reporters Friday as she went back to work.

  • The Houthis have done exactly this and have shaken the already fragile government of Yemen to its foundations.

  • In a world where the dead feed upon the living, many have been shaken out of their faith.

  • He hardly recognised himself, for, the foundations being shaken, all that was built upon them trembled too.

  • The first jolt had like to have shaken me out of my hammock, but afterwards the motion was easy enough.

  • At his sight shall the mountains be shaken, and at his will the south wind shall blow.

  • In truth, M. de Biancourt's goodness and prudence seemed much shaken by this tempest of human passions.

  • Rosemary shook her head doubtfully, and her falling hair of pale, shimmering gold waved like a wheat-field shaken by a breeze.