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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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shake

/ʃeɪk/

US pronunciation
American sound/ʃeɪk/
shake
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

US voice -> shake

Myanmar meaning

(v) လုပ်ခါ (n) လုပ်ခြင်း

Full entry

shake /ʃeÇk/ v (pt shook /ʃƱk/; pp shaken /'ʃeÇ-kǝn/)

၁။ (က) ခါသည်။ လှုပ်သည်။ ယမ်းသည်။ The whole building shakes when a train goes past. ❍ Shake the bottle well before pouring. ❍ He took her by the shoulders and shook her violently. ❍ Great sobs shook her whole body. ❍ The bumpy car ride shook us around a bit. ❍ A screw has shaken loose in the machine. ❍ He gently shook the children awake. (ခ) ခါသည်။ လှုပ်သည်။ shake salt onto one's food ❍ shake sand out of one's shoes ❍ shake the apples down from the tree. (ဂ) ~ (with sth) တုန်သည်။ ခါသည်။ shaking with cold/laughter/fear/rage ❍ He was clearly terrified and shaking like a leaf. ❍ We laughed until our sides shook.
၂။ (က) ~ sb (up) (not used in the continuous tenses) တုန်လှုပ်သည်။ ချောက်ချားသည်။ be shaken by the news of sb's death ❍ They were badly shaken (up) in the accident. (ခ) ကိုင်လှုပ်သည်။ နှဲ့သည်။ shake sb's faith/confidence/belief ❍ Her theory has been shaken by this new evidence.
၃။ ~ (with sth) တုန်သည်။ His voice shook (with emotion) as he announced the news.
n
၁။ [C usu sing ] လှုပ်ခြင်း။ ခါခြင်း။ ယမ်းခြင်း။ တုန်ခြင်း။ a shake of the head ❍ Give the jar a good shake.
၂။ the shakes [sing v ] (infml ) ကတုန်ကယင်ဖြစ်ခြင်း။ တုန်ရိုက်ခြင်း။ get the shakes.
၃။ [C] = MILK SHAKE
❏ in two/ a couple of shakes [IDM ] (infml ) ခုပဲ။ ခဏ လေး။ Hang on! I'll be ready in two shakes!
❏ shake a leg [IDM ] (dated infml ) (esp imperative) မြန်မြန်ဟေ့။ Come on, shake a leg, we're late already.
❏ shake down [PHRV ] အထိုင်ကျသည်။ အသားကျသည်။ The new office staff are shaking down well.
❏ shake sb/sth down [PHRV ] (US infml ) ]
၁။ စေ့စေ့ စပ်စပ်ရှာသည်။ The police shook the club down, looking for narcotics.
၂။ ငွေညှစ်သည်။ See also SHAKEDOWN
❏ shake one's fist (at sb) [IDM ] လက်သီးပြသည်။
❏ shake sb's hand ; shake hands (with sb) ; shake sb by the hand [IDM ] လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက်သည်။ They shook hands on the deal.
❏ shake one's head [IDM ] ခေါင်းခါသည်။
❏ shake in one's shoes [IDM ] (infml ) ကြောက်ဒူးတုန် သည်။ He was shaking in his shoes at the thought of facing his boss.
❏ shake sb off [PHRV ] ရုန်းထွက်သည်။ ခါထုတ်သည်။ shake off one's pursuers ❍ She tried to shake him off but he continued to pester her.
❏ shake sth off [PHRV ] ပယ်ရှားသည်။ နှင်သည်။ The company has shaken off its rather old-fashioned image. ❍ I can't seem to shake off this cold.
❏ shake on sth [PHRV ] သဘောတူ အတည်ပြုသည့်အနေ ဖြင့် လက်ဆွဲနှုတ်ဆက်သည်။ They shook on the deal. ❍ Let's shake on it.
❏ shake sth out [PHRV ] ခါသည်။ shake out a newspaper/tablecloth/duster.
❏ shaker n
၁။ (often in compounds) ထည့်၍လှုပ်ခါ မွှေနှောက်ရန် ဘူးစသည်။ a cocktail shaker ❍ a salt shaker.
၂။ Shaker အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စုရှိ ရိုးရိုးနေထိုင် ကျင့်ကြံ ကြသော ဗြဟ္မစာရီဘာသာရေး အသင်းဝင်။
❏ shake sb up [PHRV ] လှုပ်နှိုးသည်။ We've got to shake up all these people with old-fashioned ideas.
❏ shake sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ နာနာလှုပ်သည်။ Shake up the salad-dressing before you put it on.
၂။ လှန်လှောပစ်သည်။ The company needs shaking up.
❏ shake-up (also shake-out ) n လှန်လှောပစ်ခြင်း။ The only thing that will save the company is a radical shake-up of the way it is run.
❏ shaking n [sing] (နာနာ)လှုပ်ခြင်း။ give sth a good shaking (ie shake it well).

More examples
  • Houses shook as a bomb exploded in the neighbourhood.
  • [shake with fear/laughter etc] : She was literally shaking with fear.
  • An earthquake shook a wide area of southern Italy last year.
  • Shake the dressing well before you put it on the salad.
  • ‘You’re not listening!’ she cried, shaking him.
  • She couldn’t shake her fear of snakes.
  • His voice shook as he asked her to marry him.
  • The news shook financial markets worldwide.
  • Violent conflicts between tribes have shaken the region.
  • The boy’s tragic death shook the entire community.
  • He was shaken and upset by the accident.
  • They ran into the alley, hoping to shake off their pursuers.
Synonyms
tremble, quiver, quake, shudder, shiver, wobble, vibrate, quaver, agitate, agitation, alarm, appall, blend, bother, brandish, bump, chatter, churn, commove, concuss, consternate, convulse, daunt, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, dither, dodder, dumper, flap, flaunt, flicker, flit, flitter, flourish, fluctuate, flutter, frighten, get off chest, get off one's chest, horrify, impair, intimidate, jar, jerk, jiggle, jog, joggle, jolt, jounce, judder, knock props out, lay bare, let hair down, make waves, mix, move, move up and down, oscillate, out with it, palpitate, perturb, quail, rattle, reel, rock, roil, ruffle, set in motion, shaker, shimmer, shimmy, stagger, stir, stir up, succuss, sway, swing, tell all, throw, throw a curve, totter, tremor, twitter, unbosom, unburden, undermine, unnerve, unsettle, unstring, upset, upset deeply, vibration, waggle, water, wave, weaken, whip, wield, worry
Antonyms
aid, appease, assist, be still, calm, comfort, delight, embolden, encourage, fix, help, hold, make happy, order, placate, please, reassure, remain, soothe, stay, steady, stillness, strengthen
Cross references
tremblequiverquakeshuddershiverwobblevibratequaveragitateagitationalarmappallblendbotherbrandishbumpchatterchurncommoveconcussconsternateconvulsedauntdiscomposedismaydisquietdistressdisturb
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