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词汇 quaked
释义 quaked
past simple and past participle ofquake
quake
verb[ I ]
uk /kweɪk/ us /kweɪk/
to shake because you are very frightened or find something very funny, or to feel or show great fear: 颤抖,哆嗦
Every time I get on a plane, I quake with fear.我每次上飞机都吓得浑身发抖。
The play was so funny, we were all quaking with laughter.这部戏太有趣了,逗得我们都捧腹大笑。
His entire body quaked when he stood up in front of the judge.
 quake in your boots
(alsoquake in your shoes)
to be very frightened or nervous:
Charlie stood outside the head teacher's office, quaking in his boots.
At that time, teachers quaked in their boots at the thought of the school inspector.
If I were him, I'd be quaking in my boots right now.
I was quaking in my shoes at the thought of having to give a speech.
Synonym
shake in your boots
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Afraid
afraid
afraid for someone/something
afraid of someone/something
be in fear of your lifephrase
be like a deer/rabbit caught in the headlightsidiom
bottle
frit
goosey
gun-shy
have a horror of somethingidiom
horror-struck
leaf
panic
quake
shake
shake like a leafidiom
shit a brickidiom
squirrelly
terrified
terror-stricken

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Laughing and smiling
Making short, sudden movements

Examples of quaked


quaked

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


I do not say that he quaked in his shoes or that he lacked personal courage.
From the
Hansard archive

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It is said that: the earth, all of two hundred seventy thousand yojanas, roared and quaked at that time.
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Wikipedia

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The earth quaked with terrible intensity, while the river swelled alarmingly into a lake.
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Wikipedia

This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.
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