quakes

英 [kweɪks]

美 [kweɪks]

v.  (因恐惧或紧张)发抖，颤抖，哆嗦; 震动; 颤动
n.  地震; 颤抖
quake的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 同earthquake
  Aquakeis the same as anearthquake.
  1. The quake destroyed mud buildings in many remote villages.
     这次地震摧毁了许多偏远乡村的土坯房。
• VERB (通常指因恐惧)发抖，颤抖，哆嗦
  If youquake, you shake, usually because you are very afraid.
  1. I just stood there quaking with fear...
     我只是站在那儿，吓得直哆嗦。
  2. Her shoulders quaked.
     她的双肩瑟瑟发抖。
• PHRASE 十分紧张;非常害怕；吓得发抖
  If youare quaking inyourbootsorquaking inyourshoes, you feel very nervous or afraid, and may be feeling slightly weak as a result.
  1. If you stand up straight you'll give an impression of self-confidence even if you're quaking in your boots.
     要是你站得笔挺，就算实际上怕得要命，你都会给人留下非常自信的印象。

双语例句

• Some Parts of the earth are more likely to have quakes then others.
  地球的某部分比其它部分更容易发生地震。
• An ongoing string of quakes near disposal wells northwest of Fort Worth remains under study.
  现在专家们仍在对沃斯堡西北部几口处理井附近接连发生的一连串小型地震进行研究。
• Centuries later, disasters still alive from the sea, the empty center of Mexico cities biggest quakes.
  数百年后，海上灾难再次降临，墨西哥最大的地震带来了一场浩劫。
• There are about 10 times as many quakes for every decrease in Richter magnitude by one unit.
  里氏震级每降低一个单位，地震发生的数量就会增加10倍。
• Spielberg's images can't top the real footage from Japan's quakes and tsunamis.
  斯皮尔伯格的电影无法达到日本地震和海啸的真实画面。
• Haiti is on a fault line which has historically sustained large quakes, and can expect more.
  海地是在断层带上，历史上海地也经历过大地震，而且预期会有更多的地震。
• This is what happens where the earth quakes and the city collapses.
  这就是大地开始振动，城市开始坍塌的景象。
• The first one is a sample response from a web service performance test that gives information about earthquakes within a particular time and latitude/ longitude range(" quakes," 18 KB).
  第一个测试用例是一个Web服务性能测试的示例响应，该服务提供了某个时间段和经/纬度范围内的地震信息（“quakes”文档，18KB）。
• Moderate quakes hit China's northwest and northeast.
  中国西北和东北发生轻度地震。
• Those kinds of shadow quakes tend to do more damage near the epicenter than deeper ones.
  一般来说震核浅的地震会比震核深的地震对震中附近地区造成更多破坏。