| 释义 |
shake /shāk/ transitive verb (pat shook or obsolete shāked and shākt; pap shākˈen or obsolete shāked, shākt and shook)- To move with quick, short, often violent to-and-fro or up-and-down movements
- To brandish
- To cause to tremble or to totter
- To disturb the stability of
- To cause to waver
- To disturb
- To dismay
- To unnerve, shock
- To alert, rouse, summon (slang)
- To put, send, render or cause to be, by shaking
- To scatter or send down by shaking
- To split
- To get rid of (US; old)
intransitive verb- To be agitated
- To tremble
- To shiver
- To shake hands
- To trill (music)
- To happen (slang)
noun- A shaking
- Tremulous motion
- (in pl with the) a fit of uncontrollable trembling (informal)
- A damaging or weakening blow
- A shaken-up drink (esp a milk shake)
- A trillo (music)
- A fissure or crack (esp in rock or in growing timber)
- A moment (informal)
ORIGIN: OE sc(e)acan shakeˈable or shākˈable adjective shākˈen adjective shākˈer noun - A person who shakes
- A person who makes things happen, as in the phrase mover and shaker
- A device for shaking (eg drinks)
- A perforated container from which something, eg flour, is shaken
- (with cap; in pl) a name popularly applied to an American religious sect, the United Society of Believers in Christ's Second Appearing, as a result of their ecstatic dancing, also formerly to Quakers and sects whose religious fervour manifested itself in violent trembling
Shākˈerism noun shākˈily adverb shākˈiness noun shākˈing noun and adjective shākˈy adjective - Shaking or inclined to shake
- Loose
- Tremulous
- Precarious
- Uncertain
- Wavering
- Unsteady
- Frail from old age or illness
- Full of cracks or clefts
shakeˈ-bag noun - A fighting cock turned out of a bag
- A large fighting cock
shakeˈdown noun - A temporary bed (orig made by shaking down straw)
- A trial run, operation, etc to familiarize personnel with procedures and machinery (chiefly US; informal)
- An act of extortion or blackmail (slang)
- A thorough search of a person or place esp by the police (slang)
shaken baby syndrome noun A collection of symptoms, including brain damage and paralysis, that can occur when an infant is shaken violently by an adult shakeˈ-out noun - A drastic reorganization or upheaval
- A recession in a particular commercial or industrial activity, esp when accompanied by cutbacks in the workforce or closure of individual businesses
shakeˈ-rag noun (obsolete) A disreputable ragged man shakeˈ-up noun (informal) A disturbance or reorganization shaking palsy noun A name for Parkinson's disease great shakes or no great shakes (informal) Of great account or of no account shake a leg (often imperative; informal) To hurry up, get moving shake down (slang) - To extort money from by threats or blackmail
- To search thoroughly
- To frisk (a person for weapons, drugs, etc)
- To go to bed (esp in a temporary bed)
- To settle by shaking
- To cheat of money at one stroke
shake hands with - To greet (someone) by clasping his or her hand usu with an up-and-down movement
- To seal a bargain, acknowledge an agreement, settle differences, etc, with (someone) in this way
shake or shiver in one's shoes To be so afraid that one's body, esp one's legs, quiver with fear shake off - To get rid of, often by shaking (also figurative)
- To get away, escape, from (someone or something that is following, pursuing, etc)
shake off (or shake) the dust from one's feet (see Bible, Matthew 10.14) to leave hurriedly or gladly (lit and figurative) shake on To conclude (a bargain, agreement, etc) by shaking hands shake one's head To turn one's head from side to side as an indication of reluctance, rejection, denial, disapproval, etc shake one's sides To laugh uproariously shake out To empty or cause to spread or unfold by shaking shake up - To rouse, mix, disturb, loosen by shaking
- To unnerve or upset
- To reorganize (informal)
- To upbraid (Shakespeare)
two shakes (of a lamb's tail, etc) (informal) A very short time |