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quake 音標拼音: [kw'ek] n. 地震 地震 quake n 1: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity [ synonym: { earthquake}, { quake}, { temblor}, { seism}] v 1: shake with fast, tremulous movements; " His nostrils palpitated" [ synonym: { quiver}, { quake}, { palpitate}] 2: shake with seismic vibrations; " The earth was quaking" [ synonym: { tremor}, { quake}] Quake \ Quake\, v. t. [ Cf. AS. cweccan to move, shake. See { Quake}, v. t.] To cause to quake. [ Obs.] -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Quake \ Quake\, n. A tremulous agitation; a quick vibratory movement; a shudder; a quivering. [ 1913 Webster]
Quake \ Quake\, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. { Quaked}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Quaking}.] [ AS. cwacian; cf. G. quackeln. Cf. { Quagmire}.] 1. To be agitated with quick, short motions continually repeated; to shake with fear, cold, etc.; to shudder; to tremble. " Quaking for dread." -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] She stood quaking like the partridge on which the hawk is ready to seize. -- Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To shake, vibrate, or quiver, either from not being solid, as soft, wet land, or from violent convulsion of any kind; as, the earth quakes; the mountains quake. " Over quaking bogs." -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 99 Moby Thesaurus words for " quake": apoplexy, be cold, bob, bobble, bounce, breakup, bump, cataclysm, chatter, chill, climax, convulsion, diastrophism, didder, disaster, dither, earthquake, falter, fidget, fit, flip out, fluctuate, flutter, freak out on, freeze, freeze to death, get high on, glow, go pitapat, grimace, grow cold, have a chill, have an ague, have goose pimples, have the fidgets, have the shakes, heave, horripilate, hustle, jactitate, jar, jerk, jig, jigget, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jostle, jounce, jump, lose heat, overthrow, palpitate, pant, paroxysm, perish with cold, quaker, quaver, quiver, rictus, shake, shake all over, shiver, shock, shudder, spasm, squirm, stagger, stroke, swell, swell with emotion, temblor, thrill, thrill to, throb, tic, tidal wave, tingle, tingle with excitement, toss, toss and turn, tremble, trembler, tremblor, tremor, tsunami, tumble, turn on to, twist and turn, twitch, twitter, upheaval, vibrate, waver, wiggle, wobble, wriggle, writhe |
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