quake

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quake1 /kweɪk/ verb [intransitive]  1  SHAKEto shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened 〔通常因恐惧〕颤抖，哆嗦quake with fear/fright/anger etc Richmond was quaking with fury. 里士满气得发抖。2. quake in your boots informalFRIGHTENED to feel very afraid – used humorously 怕得发抖〔幽默用法〕3  HESHAKEif the earth, a building etc quakes, it shakes violently 〔大地、建筑物等〕剧烈颤动，震动 The explosion made the whole house quake. 爆炸使整个房子都晃动起来。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

quake• She shivered, remembering how waking to find his face so close to hers had made her insides quake.• The ground quaked as they walked on it.• It left us quaking in our own home.• She pounded the quaking lid with her fists.• A local man had been bullied into guiding them through the treacherous, quaking waste.• It used to be that Florence quaked when the bikers came over the hill near the edge of town.

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quake2 noun [countable]  HEan earthquake 地震

Examples from the Corpus

quake• A quake in the Tehachapi-Bakersfield area 50 miles north of Los Angeles registers 7.7.• Living in the rift caused by such a foundation quake is his ambition for your life.• A 6.3-magnitude quake in Long Beach, Calif., kills 115 people.• In California's San Fernando Valley, a 6.5-magnitude quake leaves 65 people dead.-March 27,1964.• Such local bodies are especially important because, by the time foreign aid arrives, most quake victims will have died.• The city streets were magic again, like they were when stoplights went dark after the quake.• The fact that there was not more damage or loss of life was likely due to the nature of the quake.• Seismologists said the quake appeared to have been rooted about 30 miles underground, deep enough to prevent catastrophic destruction.Origin quake1 Old English cwacian

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quake

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quake¹ /kweɪk/ verb [intransitive]1. to shake or tremble, usually because you are very frightened
    quake with fear/fright/anger etc
    Richmond was quaking with fury.
2. quake in your boots informal to feel very afraid – used humorously
3. if the earth, a building etc quakes, it shakes violently:
    The explosion made the whole house quake.

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quake² noun [countable]
an earthquake
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ earthquake a sudden shaking of the earth’s surface: The earthquake destroyed homes, telephone lines and roads.
   ▪ quake informal an earthquake – used especially in journalism: More than 2000 people died when a quake hit the island of Flores.
   ▪ tremor a small movement in the earth’s surface in which the ground shakes slightly: He was awoken by a series of tremors during the night.
   ▪ aftershock further movements in the earth’s surface that happen after a larger earthquake: In the days after the earthquake, the area suffered a series of aftershocks.
   ▪ tsunami an ocean wave caused by an earthquake under the water: There was no warning of the approaching tsunami.