Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #8423
shaky
颤抖的；摇晃的；不稳定的
shaking or moving slightly and irregularly, as with fear or cold
- 1.
Shaking or trembling.
摇晃或颤抖
- 2.
Nervous, anxious.
紧张,焦虑
- 3.
Full of shakes or cracks; cracked.
充满裂缝或裂纹；破裂的
- 4.
Easily shaken; tottering; unsound.
容易摇动；不稳固；不可靠
- 5.
Wavering; undecided.
动摇；未决定
摇晃或颤抖；紧张,焦虑；充满裂缝或裂纹；破裂的；容易摇动；不稳固；不可靠；动摇；未决定
In use
My hands were shaky after I drank too much coffee.
The old table is shaky, so please don't put the vase on it.
His voice sounded shaky when he gave the speech.
be shaky
The table is shaky.
这张桌子不稳。
feel/look/sound shaky
His voice sounded shaky during the speech.
他演讲时声音颤抖。
be shaky on
I am shaky on the details of the plan.
我对计划的细节不太确定。
Connections
Collocations
- shaky hands
- 颤抖的手
- His shaky hands made it difficult to pour the coffee.他颤抖的手使得倒咖啡很困难。
- shaky voice
- 颤抖的声音
- She answered with a shaky voice, trying to hide her fear.她用颤抖的声音回答，试图掩饰恐惧。
- shaky economy
- 不稳定的经济
- The country's shaky economy led to widespread unemployment.该国不稳定的经济导致了广泛的失业。
- shaky ground
- 不稳固的地面
- Be careful, the path is on shaky ground after the rain.小心，雨后这条路的地面不稳固。
- shaky start
- 不顺利的开端
- The project got off to a shaky start but eventually succeeded.这个项目起步不顺利，但最终成功了。
- shaky foundation
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将“shake”与“歪”结合，想象摇晃就会歪，shaky意为不稳固、发抖。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：financial、health、physical 通常用于描述不稳固或不可靠的状态，中性词，适用于多种场景。
Pronunciation & Spelling
No words rhyme with 'shaky' (/ˈʃeɪki/). Words ending in -ky (e.g., lucky, tricky) have different vowel sounds. 'Shake' shares the same stressed vowel /eɪ/ but ends with /k/ not /ki/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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