Word · Frequency #1076
shakes
摇晃;抖动
shakes is the plural of shake.
an act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion
- 1.
The act of shaking or being shaken; tremulous or back-and-forth motion.
摇动或被摇动的动作;颤抖或前后运动。
- 2.
building material used as siding or roofing
用作护墙板或屋顶的建筑材料
- 3.
A dance popular in the 1960s in which the head, limbs, and body are shaken.
20世纪60年代流行的一种舞蹈,头部、四肢和身体随之摇动。
- 4.
frothy drink of milk and flavoring and sometimes fruit or ice cream
由牛奶、调味料,有时加入水果或冰淇淋制成的泡沫饮料
- 5.
A milkshake.
奶昔。
- 6.
a note that alternates rapidly with another note a semitone above it
与上方半音音符快速交替的颤音
- 7.
A beverage made by adding ice cream to a (usually carbonated) drink; a float.
将冰淇淋加入(通常是碳酸)饮料而制成的饮料;冰淇淋浮饮。
- 8.
Shake cannabis, small, leafy fragments of cannabis that gather at the bottom of a bag of marijuana.
大麻碎屑,聚集在袋底的小片叶子碎屑。
- 9.
A crack or split between the growth rings in wood.
木材生长轮之间的裂缝或裂隙。
- 10.
A fissure in rock or earth.
岩石或土地中的裂隙。
- 11.
A type of wooden shingle originally made from split timber.
一种最初由劈开的木材制成的木瓦片。
- 12.
One of the staves of a hogshead or barrel taken apart.
拆开的桶或大桶的桶板之一。
- 13.
A rapid alternation of a principal tone with another represented on the next degree of the staff above or below it; a trill.
主音与乐谱上相邻音快速交替;颤音。
- 14.
In singing, notes (usually high ones) sung vibrato.
在唱歌时,通常是高音部分的颤音。
- 15.
A shook of staves and headings.
一捆桶板和桶盖。
- 16.
A shock or disturbance.
震动或扰乱。
奶昔;摇摆舞;颤音;木瓦;盖屋板;裂缝;裂隙
In use
I ordered a chocolate shake at the diner.
She made a strawberry shake for breakfast.
The cafe serves the best banana shakes in town.
Connections
Collocations
- cedar shake
- 雪松木瓦
- They installed cedar shakes on the roof.他们在屋顶安装了雪松木瓦。
- chocolate shake
- 巧克力奶昔
- She ordered a chocolate shake.她点了一杯巧克力奶昔。
- play a shake
- 演奏颤音
- The flutist played a shake beautifully.长笛手优美地演奏了一个颤音。
Idioms & figurative uses
- shake a leg
- 赶快,加紧We'd better shake a leg or we'll miss the bus.我们最好快点,否则就赶不上公交车了。
- shake in one's boots
- 吓得发抖He was shaking in his boots when the boss called him into the office.老板叫他去办公室时,他吓得发抖。
- no great shakes
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象你手拿一杯奶昔(milkshake),喝前摇一摇,‘shake’就是‘摇’的名词形式。
Context & Register
非正式。常用于日常对话、餐厅点单或食谱中,指代奶昔。在正式书面语中较少使用。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常见搭配:a shake(一杯奶昔/一个颤音),shakes(多个)
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words rhyme with shake, sharing the /eɪk/ ending.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇,值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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