Word · Frequency #17759
shakily
颤抖地；发抖地
with trembling or shaking, typically because of nervousness, fear, or weakness
多形容声音、手等因紧张或虚弱而发抖
- 1.
In a shaky manner.
颤抖地；不稳定地。
摇摇晃晃地；不稳地；颤抖地；不稳定地。；颤抖着；摇动着；不可靠地
In use
She raised her hand shakily to answer the question.
The ladder leaned shakily against the wall.
He wrote the address shakily on the envelope.
verb + shakily
shakily 作方式副词，放在动词后，表示动作不稳或颤抖。
The old man stood shakily and reached for his cane.
老人颤巍巍地站着，伸手去拿拐杖。
shakily + verb
把 shakily 放在动词前，能更突出发抖的状态。
She shakily climbed down the ladder.
她颤抖着从梯子上爬下来。
be + shakily + past participle
用于被动结构时，shakily 常表示“不牢靠地”，说明动作结果不稳定。
The sign was shakily nailed to the post.
那块招牌被摇摇晃晃地钉在柱子上。
Common mistakes
He signed his name shaky.He signed his name shakily.
修饰动作动词 signed 时要用副词 shakily，不能用形容词 shaky；形容词只能修饰名词。
After the earthquake, I felt shakily.After the earthquake, I felt shaky.
felt 是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语，描述主语的状态；shakily 是副词，不能作表语。
She poured the tea shakingly.She poured the tea shakily.
标准副词是 shakily，不要按动词加 -ing 再加 -ly 生造出 shakingly；修饰动作 poured 要用副词。
Connections
Collocations
- stand shakily
- 摇摇晃晃地站着
- She stood shakily, holding the edge of the table.她摇摇晃晃地站着，扶着桌边。
- walk shakily
- 走路摇摇晃晃
- After the long illness, he walked shakily down the corridor.久病之后，他摇摇晃晃地走过走廊。
- say shakily
- 颤抖地说
- "I'm sorry," she said shakily.“对不起，”她颤抖地说。
- write shakily
- 颤抖地写字
- His hands were so cold that he wrote shakily.他的手很冷，写字时直发抖。
- smile shakily
- 颤抖地微笑
- She smiled shakily at the interviewer.她对着面试官颤抖地笑了笑。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
shakily 含 shake（发抖），联想：摇摇晃晃地颤抖着走。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：describing trembling、describing unstable movement 该词为中性副词，通常用于描述因紧张、恐惧或虚弱而颤抖，也可形容动作或局势不稳；口语和书面语中都比较常见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words share the -ily spelling ending and are pronounced with a final /ɪli/, but none has the same stressed vowel and coda as shakily /ˈʃeɪkɪli/, so none rhymes with it. Shakily would rhyme with rare -kily adverbs such as flakily /ˈfleɪkɪli/ and snakily /ˈsneɪkɪli/. Beware the lookalike shaky /ˈʃeɪki/, which is an adjective, not an adverb.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.