| 单词 | shaky |
| 释义 | Word family noun shake shaker shakiness adjective shaky shaken verb shake adverb shakily shak·y /ˈʃeɪki/ ●○○ adjective 1 WEAKweak and unsteady because of old age, illness, or shock 〔因年迈、疾病或惊吓而〕摇晃的，颤抖的，衰弱的 a shaky voice 颤抖的声音 Grandad was a little shaky on his feet (=not able to walk very well). 爷爷走路有点晃晃悠悠。► see thesaurus at weak2 UNCERTAINnot sure about the exact details of something, or not likely to be completely right 不全面的；不完整的；没有把握的 My knowledge of history is a little shaky. 我的历史知识有点靠不住。 shaky evidence 不可靠的证据3 BALANCEnot firm or steady 不牢固的，不稳固的 SYN unstable shaky foundations 不牢固的基础 —shakily adverb —shakiness noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusshaky• Even after the long months of therapy Owen was still very shaky.• A: The calves are shaky.• But most agreed, too, that the foundations of the show were shaky.• The evidence is shaky, at best.• When she saw where I was sitting she pushed her hands in her coat pockets and ambled over on her shaky heels.• a shaky ladder• After both Millie and joseph were dead, Lally would write to my grandmother in her shaky old hand.• Her grandfather was a little shaky on his feet after the fall.• By far the shakiest part of the calculation is the average mutation rate.• a shaky relationship• The baby's taken her first few shaky steps.• Not because they made bad or greedy investments, and lost all their money in shaky stock deals.• He seemed more concerned to break than maintain the shaky truce existing between him and his father.• The Nottinghamshire opening partnership of left handers kept up the pressure on a shaky Worcestershire attack.From Longman Business Dictionaryshakyshak‧y /ˈʃeɪki/ adjective not definite or firm, and likely to failThe market began a shaky recovery.After a shaky start at the beginning of the decade, the economy began to grow fast.shak·y adjectiveChineseSyllable Corpus and or unsteady old shock weak illness, age, of Business because |
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