How to pronounce“quake”in English
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Definitions of “quake”
A trembling or shaking.
“We felt a quake in the apartment every time the train went by.”
An earthquake, a trembling of the ground with force.
“California is plagued by quakes; there are a few minor ones almost every month.”
To tremble or shake.
“I felt the ground quaking beneath my feet.”
To be in a state of fear, shock, amazement, etc., such as might cause one to tremble.
“Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.”
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